502 RM - Quiz 4 - Concepts to Data

In what level of measurement are the attributes simply names?

In what level of measurement is there a meaningful absolute zero?

Jamie has people in her study of taste perception self-identifying as "foodies" or "non-foodies". This is best described as an example of a(n)​ (a)   scale.

a measure that consistently and accurately measures what is supposed to measure is ​ (a)  

The consistency of the results of two independent observers of the same event is referred to as ​​ ​ (a)   reliability.​

_____ is the process of identifying how a researcher indirectly measures the underlying concepts.

Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers." She has a group of experts review her test to ensure it thoroughly addresses factors known to be related to school refusal. Brenda is assessing​ (a)  

Variables and the data they gather must _____.

Control variables are a type of (a)   variable included in research to better isolate the role of the variable of interest.

There is controversy in the literature about the level of measure for Likert-type scales with some researchers using them as ​ (a)   and others using them as ​ (b)   .