You ask your friends to rate compact disks on various types of music on scales ranging from zero (hate it) to 10 (love it). You are using a(n) ________ scale.

Classifying participants as to whether they are highly susceptible to hypnosis, moderately susceptible to hypnosis, or not at all susceptible to hypnosis constitutes a(n) ________ scale of measurement.

Height, weight, and reaction time are all scaled on a(n) ________ scale.

Using an established measure is a good idea, because:

A measure is valid if it:

You develop a new measure of anxiety and find that your measure correlates highly with an established measure of anxiety. You have demonstrated:

As part of a requirement for a graduate course on test construction, you develop a new measure of religiosity. You examine the items on the test and determine that your measure appears to be valid. You have established ________ validity.

A(n) ________ measure produces similar results when administered under identical conditions.

The ________ of a correlation coefficient tells you about the direction of a relationship, whereas the ________ tells you about the degree of relationship.

A measure is said to have ________ validity when it is not related to other variables that it theoretically should not be related.

Correlating the total score of the first 20 questions on a test with the total score of the last 20 questions on a test is an example of what type of reliability?

A researcher has devised an interpersonal skills test that consists of a type of ruler that shows a person's shoe size. This test probably has ________ and ________.

The reactivity of a measure is reduced when you:

In order to analyze the data from an experiment that categorized automobiles as American made or foreign made, you would have to ________ the data.

A measure is reliable if it: