Chapter 5 Practice Exercises Set A
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1. Bias will tend to have a greater impact on the average score of your treatment group than random error.
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a. True
b. False
2. You can have a test-retest reliability coefficient of below zero.
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a. True
b. False
3. Interobserver reliability will be higher when scoring an essay exam than when scoring a multiple-choice test
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a. True
b. False
4. If your measure´s test-retest reliability was .90, you should try to discover what your interobserver reliability was.
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a. True
b. False
5. If your measure´s test-retest reliability was .50, you should try to discover what your interobserver reliability was.
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a. True
b. False
6. If you are measuring a stable trait, reliability guarantees validity.
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a. True
b. False
7. If you are measuring a stable trait, validity guarantees reliability.
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a. True
b. False
8. Observer bias is a major cause of unreliability.
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a. True
b. False
9. If the interobserver agreement were 100%, interobserver reliability would be 1.
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a. True
b. False
10. If your measure´s interobserver reliability is .70, your test-retest reliability can be .80.
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a. True
b. False
11. A measure´s reliability puts a ceiling on validity.
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a. True
b. False
12. Unreliability dilutes a measure´s validity.
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a. True
b. False
13. Unreliability poisons a measure´s validity.
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a. True
b. False
14. Social desirability bias and following demand characteristics are both types of subject bias.
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a. True
b. False
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