Internal Consistency and Factorial Validity Quiz

Which type of research is considered to be the least resource demanding?

What should be evaluated first before undertaking convergent and discriminant validity research?

Which type of research is considered first-stage research?

Why is using internal consistency reliability and factorial validity considered the least resource demanding research?

Which term refers to the interconnections between a construct and other related constructs?

What is included in the conceptual foundation of a construct?

What is the correlation coefficient between SAT scores and first-year university grades according to empirical research?

What is the significance of having sufficiently large validity coefficients?

Which of the following best describes focussed associations?

Which term is more commonly used to refer to focused association in research?

What is the general term used to describe the degree of relationship or association between a measure and a criterion or external variable?

What is the relationship between predictive validity and validity coefficient?

Which of the following is the main purpose of validity generalization studies?

What are the three questions that validity generalization studies can address?

What is the process of evaluating a test's validity coefficients across a large set of studies?

Which of the following best describes meta-analysis?

What is the significance of having sufficiently large validity coefficients in a validity generalization study?

Which method is used for evaluating convergent and discriminant validity based on a large number of coefficients across a wide range of criteria?

What is the next step after estimating the coefficients in a nomological network?

What can researchers evaluate using sets of correlations?

According to the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach, what is the main problem with a correlation between two scores?

How many different methods must researchers use to administer their inventory when using the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?

What do researchers hope to see in terms of correlations between traits and measurement methods when using the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?

Which of the following is true about large correlations between different traits but the same measurement method?

What is the desired outcome when measuring identical traits using different methods?

Which of the following is a limitation associated with the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?

What is the main reason why multitrait-multimethod matrix studies are rare?

What is the minimum requirement for monotrait-heteromethod correlations and heterotrait-monomethod correlations in the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?

Which two researchers developed the logic of the multitrait-multimethod matrix?

Which of the following is a limitation of the quantifying construct validity procedure?

What is the only requirement for the direction of the correlation in the quantifying construct validity procedure?

According to Westen and Rosenthal (2003), what is the first step in the 'quantifying construct validity' procedure?

What is the purpose of predicting the correlation between a measure of interest and selected criteria in the 'quantifying construct validity' procedure?

What is the final step in the 'quantifying construct validity' procedure outlined by Westen and Rosenthal (2003)?

Which of the following factors can bias validity coefficients downwardly?

What can affect the correlation between two sets of scores?

How do restricted responses cause the validity coefficient be smaller in magnitude

Which type of sample is often used in practice, and how does it affect the standard deviation of the data?

What is the effect of using convenience samples on the observed correlation in comparison to the correlation in the population of interest?

What is the main advantage of using convenience samples?