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| Fixed Alternative Questions |
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| Questions where the respondent selects his or her answer from a set of specified responses. |
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| Questions where the respondents are allowed to create their own answers. |
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| Scale often used in survey research to quantify a response to a question. |
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| A set of statements where people indicate their agreement or disagreement by selecting a numerical value. |
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| A rating scale where respondents indicate, on a continuum between opposite adjectives, the meanings they associate with a word. |
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| The tendency for people to provide answers that make them look good. |
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| The tendency to respond to all questions in a similar way. |
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| Variables whose values differ qualitatively. |
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| Variables whose values differ in quantity, but intervals between values are not assumed to be equal. |
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| Interval Scale or Variables |
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| Scales or variables that have equal-sized intervals between values but with an arbitrary zero point. |
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| Scales or variables that have equal-sized intervals between values and a true zero point. |
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| A method for evaluating the internal reliability of a test by correlating one half of the test items with the other half. |
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| A measure that seems to be reasonable. |
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| A measure that truly reflects the theoretical construct. |
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| A measure that includes all the dimensions that are part of a concept. |
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| Criterion Validity (Predictive) |
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| The extent to which a measure correlates or is predictive of an outcome measure. |
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