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Self-report measure |
A method of measuring a variable in which people answer questions about themselves in a questionnaire or interview |
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Observational measure |
A method of measuring a variable by recording observable behavior or physical traces of behavior |
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Ordinal scale |
a quantitative measurement scale whose levels represent a ranked order and in which distance between levels are not equal. |
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Interval scale |
A quantitative measurement scale that has no "true zero" and in which the numerals represent equal intervals (distance) between levels |
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Ratio scale |
A quantitative measurement scale in which the numerals have equal intervals and the value of 0 truly means "none" of the variable being measured. |
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Reliability |
The consistency of the results of a measure |
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Validity |
The appropriateness of a conclusions or decision |
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Face validity |
The extent to which a measure is subjectively considered a plausible operationalization of the conceptual variable in question. |
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Criterion validity |
The variable in a multiple regression analysis that the researchers are most interested in understanding or predicting. |
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Crinbach's alpha |
A correlation based statistic that measures a scale internal reliability |
