Welcome to your Stat Quiz 05 Your Name 1. Alfredo is developing a test to measure an individual’s anxiety in new situations. If the items on the measure represent the symptoms that define the anxiety construct, the measure is said to have _____ validity.concurrentcontentcorrelationalconvergent2. In the context of components of a measure, a reliable measure of intelligence must contain relatively low _____.coefficientvaliditymeasurement errortrue score3. According to Pearson product-movement correlation coefficient, a correlation of 0.00 shows that the two variables are:negatively related.positively related.not related.strongly related.4. Two researchers observe aggressive behaviors displayed by preschool children. The first researcher records a large number of aggressive acts displayed within a one-hour period. The second researcher also records many aggressive acts during the same period. Since both researchers agree in their observations, it can be inferred that the research has _____ reliability.item-totalconsistencyinterratertest-retest5. _____ refers to the consistency or stability of a measure of behavior.ReactivityVariabilityValidityReliability6. Mike takes his temperature with a thermometer three times over a 20-minute period and observes the following measurements: 98, 106, and 89 degrees. In this context, Mike concludes that the _____ of the thermometer is _____.reactivity; highvariability; lowreliability; lowvalidity; high7. _____ reliability is assessed by measuring the same individuals at two points in time.Test-retestInterraterAlternate formsSplit-half8. _____ validity is the simplest indicator of construct validity of a measure.DiscriminantPredictiveConvergentFace9. What refers to the adequacy of the operational definition of variables?Split-half reliabilityInterrater reliabilityReactive validityConstruct validity10. In the context of Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, the closer a correlation is to 1.00, the _____ is the relationship between two variables.strongermore indirectweakermore subtleTime is Up!
