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Question 61

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Which of these response options represents a Likert scale?

A) Rank your preferences from highest to lowest.
B) Yes/No
C) Please circle True or False.
D) 1 (strongly disagree) , 2 (disagree) , 3 (neutral) , 4 (agree) , 5 (strongly agree)

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Question 62

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Which of the following is an example of a self-report measure?

A) having people fill out a questionnaire to describe themselves
B) having researchers observe and assess participants in a study
C) having researchers study documents that a person wrote
D) having people react to strenuous situations

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Question 63

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When a scale measures what it is supposed to measure, it is said to have __________.

Under what circumstances would using a clinical interview be a desirable method of gathering information about an individual?

An extraneous variable that affects the primary variables in a study and makes it appear as if those primary variables are causing one another to happen is called a __________ variable.

Mei Ling has a high percentile score on the Marlowe-Crowne questionnaire. What does this indicate?

Melissa has just completed her research analysis and the findings of her study are very similar to a different study measuring the same thing. This is an example of _____________.

Gunther read his horoscope in the morning newspaper: Don't turn down invitations today; your relationship with others could change. Your firmly held beliefs should be your guide. Your untapped potential will be fulfilled in unexpected ways. Remember, good things come to good people. "Yup," Gunther concluded, "that's me all right . . . good, firm, untapped." What tendency is Gunther falling prey to?

The practice of personality __________ seeks to define personality by using a variety of methods to measure it.

What is a significant limitation of self-report measures of personality?

When Marlita's motivation decreases, her test scores tend to decrease. This is an example of what kind of relationship?

Why is it important to consider the nature of what is being measured when interpreting a test-retest reliability correlation?

When is the use of informant reports particularly helpful?

The score that appears most often in a set of measurements is called the __________.

The standard deviation measures the spread around the __________.

If a Cat Person Scale correlates very highly with a measure of IQ, it would be said to be lacking __________.

Which correlation shows the strongest degree of association between two variables?

The term statistically significant means having a probability of less than __________ that the results are due to random chance.

What does correlation measure?

What are confounding variables?