A measure with the ability to produce similar results when repeated measurements are made under identical conditions has correct answers reliability
When the measure being made consists of judgements or ratings of multiple observers, the degree of agreement among observers can be established by ...
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A measure with the ability to produce similar results when repeated measurements are made
under identical conditions has correct answers reliability
When the measure being made consists of judgements or ratings of multiple observers, the
degree of agreement among observers can be established by using a statistical measure of correct
answers interrater reliability
To assess ______ the same test is administered twice, separated by a relatively long interval of
time, to the same individuals correct answers test-retest reliability
You develop a new measure of anxiety and find that your measure correlates highly with an
established measure of anxiety. You have demonstrated correct answers criterion-related validity
Classifying participants as to whether they are highly susceptible to hypnosis, moderately
susceptible to hypnosis, or not at all susceptible to hypnosis constitutes a(n) __________ scale of
measurement correct answers ordinal
Height, weight, and reaction time are all measured on a ________ scale correct answers ratio
If a dependent measure reflects what people do in real-life situations (such as a jury voting
"guilty" or "not guilty"), this is referred to as the ____________ of a measure correct answers
ecological validity
Experimenter bias can arise from correct answers expectancy effects and treating subjects in
various groups differently
A valid measure is one that yields highly similar results across different experimental conditions
correct answers false; reliable doesn't mean valid
One advantage of using animal research is that correct answers you can expose animals to
conditions to which you would not be able to expose humans
Dr. Gomez conducts an experiment on psychophysics using participants above age 65. Because
he cannot include all persons above age 65 in his experiment, he selects a __________ of
participants for his experiment correct answers sample
You need children between the ages of 2 and 6 for your study of language development. Of the
100 parents you contact, 45 agree to allow their children to participate. According to your text,
this situation may affect the _____ of your study. correct answers external validity
According to your text, volunteerism can affect correct answers both internal and external
validity
, When you either actively mislead participants or purposely withhold information from the
participant, you are using "______" in a study correct answers deception
According to the text, misrepresenting the purposes of your research, making false statements to
the participants, and including pseudo subjects are all examples of correct answers active
deception
_______ involve measuring some biological change such as heart rate or brain activity correct
answers physiological measures
Pilot studies help you to correct answers clarify instructions, try out various levels of
independent variables, determine the reliability of your methods
A measure can be reliable but invalid correct answers true
An interval scale has equally spaced intervals and a true zero point correct answers false
Which of the following does the test list as an advantage of recording behavior? correct answers
a behavior can be reviewed several times at your leisure, multiple observers can view a behavior
without disrupting the subjects natural behavior, a camera often can be hidden more easily than a
live observer
_______ is defined as the degree to which two or more observers agree in their classification or
quantification of behavior correct answers interrater reliability
Identify a true statement about the method of Cohen's Kappa to assess interrater reliability
correct answers it assesses the observed level of agreement relative to the level of agreement that
would be expected by chance
In the context of observational research, observer bias can be avoided by correct answers using a
blind observer who is unaware of the hypotheses being tested
You are interested in studying the mating habits of chimpanzees. Consequently, you travel to
Africa and observe a groups of chimpanzees from afar. The method being used in this example is
correct answers naturalistic observations
In ______ a researcher becomes immersed in the behavioral or social system being studied
correct answers ethnography
You are a psychotherapist who has a client with a unique combination of symptoms. With your
client's permission, you write an article summarizing and interpreting those symptoms. The
method of research being used here is correct answers the case history method
In ________ you study existing records correct answers archival research
The following item from a questionnaire is an example of a(n) _______ item:
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