Chapter 7 Connect Quiz

A  As part of the measurement process, researchers assign numbers to phenomena they measure but do not label them.

B  As part of the measurement process, researchers assign labels to phenomena they measure but do not assign numbers to them.

C  It is the process of developing methods to systematically characterize or quantify information about persons, events, ideas, or objects of interest.

D  The process of measurement begins with scale measurement followed by construct development.

E  The goal of the construct development process is to precisely measure each construct.

A  Is there a possibility that you would create something every week for the next couple of years?

B  Do you think that plants are affected by solar flares?

C  Do you agree with nutritionists when they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day?

D  Are you happy with your life?

E  Are you more or less likely to not forget to undo the damages caused by your inactions?

A  A numerical scale

B  A semantic differential scale

C  A Likert scale

D  A constant sum scale

E  A paired-comparison scale

A  They do not allow for comparison between measured objects.

B  They are the highest level scale.

C  They can measure absolute differences between scale points.

D  The standard deviation cannot be calculated for interval scales.

E  They are less powerful than ordinal scales.

A  Scale measurement

B  Purposive sampling

C  Situation analysis

D  Propensity scoring

E  Debriefing analysis

A  They are likely to have a negative effect on scale descriptors.

B  They should be mutually exclusive.

C  They should require the respondents to perform a complex behavior.

D  They should overlap wherever possible.

E  They are most effective when leading questions are used.

A  scale points.

B  scale ratios.

C  scale portions.

D  construct ordinals.

E  construct points.

A  It is less powerful than a nominal scale.

B  It can measure absolute differences between scale points.

C  It allows researchers to make absolute comparisons between responses.

D  It allows responses to be rank-ordered in a hierarchical pattern.

E  It is the most basic and least powerful scale design.

A  ambiguous question

B  complex question

C  double-barreled question

D  double negative question

E  loaded question

A  It is a type of nominal scale.

B  It is not possible to calculate the mean for each attribute.

C  It cannot capture a person’s attitudes or feelings about a given object.

D  It is a type of ratio scale.

E  Only the endpoints of the scale are labeled.