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SPCE 611 ch. 5validity - correct answer ✔measurement has this when it yields data directly
relevant to the phenomenon measured and to the reason(s) for measuring it.
accuracy - correct answer ✔when used in the context of measurement, this
refers to the extent to which the observed value match the true value of the
event.
true value - correct answer ✔obtaining this requires special observation and
recording procedures that must be at least somewhat different from those
used to produce the data being evaluated, and the differences must have the
effect of minimizing the possibility of error to an uncommon degree
measurement bias - correct answer ✔refers to nonrandom measurement
error- that an error in measurement that is likely to be in one direction.
reliability - correct answer ✔refers to the consistency of measurement,
specifically, the extent to which repeated measurement of the same event
yields the same value.
indirect measurement - correct answer ✔occurs when the researcher or
practitioner measures a proxy, or stand-in, for the actual behavior of interest. it
provides secondhand information that requires the researcher to make
inferences about the relationship between the event that was measured and
the actual behavior of interest
direct measurement - correct answer ✔occurs when the behavior measured
is exactly the same as the behavior that is the focus of the investigation or
behavior change program
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