____ 21. Which type of definition specifies how a construct is measured? a. conceptual b. theoretical c. operational d. research ____ 23. You develop a new measure of love and you decide it looks like it measures love. You have demonstrated a. concurrent validity. b. discriminant validity. c. face validity. d. reliability. ____ 24. You develop a new measure of love and you find that people who score high on your measure show more loving behavior than people who score low. You have demonstrated a. concurrent validity. b. divergent validity. c. predictive validity. d. reliability. ____ 25. The textbook describes a study by McClelland (1958) in which the need-for-achievement test was administered to a group of children and then the children were observed while they played a ring-toss game. The purpose of this study was to establish ____ validity for the test. a. face b. concurrent c. predictive d. convergent ____ 26. Which type of validity requires multiple research studies, usually conducted over a long period of time? a. face b. concurrent c. predictive d. Construct ____ 27. A measure is if it reliable a. produces data that are repeatable. b. measures what you intend it to measure. c. produces data that make sense. d. produces data that are obvious. ____ 28. The method of establishing the reliability of a measure involving administration of the measure more than once is known as a. split-half reliability. b. internal reliability. c. test-retest reliability. d. inter-rater reliability. ____ 29. Two observers agree on their measurements of a behavior. The researchers have established what kind reliability? a. split-half reliability b. internal reliability c. test-retest reliability d. inter-rater reliability
____ 21. Which type of definition specifies how a construct is measured? a. conceptual b. theoretical c. operational d. research ____ 23. You develop a new measure of love and you decide it looks like it measures love. You have demonstrated a. concurrent validity. b. discriminant validity. c. face validity. d. reliability. ____ 24. You develop a new measure of love and you find that people who score high on your measure show more loving behavior than people who score low. You have demonstrated a. concurrent validity. b. divergent validity. c. predictive validity. d. reliability. ____ 25. The textbook describes a study by McClelland (1958) in which the need-for-achievement test was administered to a group of children and then the children were observed while they played a ring-toss game. The purpose of this study was to establish ____ validity for the test. a. face b. concurrent c. predictive d. convergent ____ 26. Which type of validity requires multiple research studies, usually conducted over a long period of time? a. face b. concurrent c. predictive d. Construct ____ 27. A measure is reliable if it a. produces data that are repeatable. b. measures what you intend it to measure. c. produces data that make sense. d. produces data that are obvious. ____ 28. The method of establishing the reliability of a measure involving administration of the measure more than once is known as a. split-half reliability. b. internal reliability. c. test-retest reliability. d. inter-rater reliability. ____ 29. Two observers agree on their measurements of a behavior. The researchers have established what kind reliability? a. split-half reliability b. internal reliability c. test-retest reliability d. inter-rater reliability
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