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What is the main purpose of pilot testing?
What is the main purpose of pilot testing?
- To generate data for a power calculation
- To investigate hypotheses in future studies
- To assess how well a questionnaire works prior to administration (correct)
- To collect data on related concepts
Which scaling type is described as having different adjectives on the extremes?
Which scaling type is described as having different adjectives on the extremes?
- Likert
- Semantic differential (correct)
- Visual-analog
- Ordinal
What is the most common type of scaling used for responses?
What is the most common type of scaling used for responses?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Likert (correct)
- Interval
What is the main difference between a highly structured survey and a flexible survey?
What is the main difference between a highly structured survey and a flexible survey?
Which approach can be used to collect data on multiple related concepts?
Which approach can be used to collect data on multiple related concepts?
What does it mean if a measure is valid but not reliable?
What does it mean if a measure is valid but not reliable?
What is the main purpose of generalizability?
What is the main purpose of generalizability?
What is the primary reason for conducting interviews in a research study?
What is the primary reason for conducting interviews in a research study?
Which type of survey design allows for rewording, reordering, and expressing questions differently?
Which type of survey design allows for rewording, reordering, and expressing questions differently?
What is the purpose of the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?
What is the purpose of the multitrait-multimethod matrix approach?
What is the main advantage of Likert scaling?
What is the main advantage of Likert scaling?
What does it mean if a measure is reliable but not valid?
What does it mean if a measure is reliable but not valid?
