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Acquiescent Responding
(yeah-saying bias) a form of reactivity in which people tend to agree with whatever they are asked TERM 2
Behavioral Measures
DEFINITION 2 measured variables designed to directly measure an individual's actions TERM 3
Conceptual Variables
DEFINITION 3 abstract ideas that form the basis of research designs and that are measured by measured variables. TERM 4
Fixed-Format Self-Report Measures
DEFINITION 4 measured variables in which the respondent indicates his or her thoughts or feelings by answering a structured set of questions. TERM 5
Free-Format Self-Report Measures
DEFINITION 5 measured variables in which respondents are asked to freely list their though or feelings as they come to mind.
Guttman Scale
a fixed format self report scale in which the items are arranged in a cumulative order such that it is assumed that if a respondent answers one item correctly, he or she will also answer all previous items correctly. TERM 7
Interval Scale
DEFINITION 7 a measured variable in which equal changes in the measured variable are known to correspond to equal changes in the conceptual variable being measured. TERM 8
Items
DEFINITION 8 questions on a scale TERM 9
Likert Scale
DEFINITION 9 a fixed format self report scale that consists of a series of items that indicate agreement or disagreement with teh issue that is to be measured, each with a set of responses onwhich the respondents indicate their opinions. TERM 10
Measured Variables
DEFINITION 10 Numbers that represent conceptual variables and that can be used in data analysis.
Ordinal Scale
a measured variable in which the numbers indicate whether there is more or less of the conceptual variable but do not indicate the exact interval between the individuals on the conceptual variable TERM 17
Projective Measure
DEFINITION 17 a measure of personalities in which an unstructured image, such as inkblot, is shown to participants, who are asked to list what comes to mind as they view the image. TERM 18
Psychophysiological Measures
DEFINITION 18 measured variables designed to assess the physiological functioning of the nervous or endocrine system. TERM 19
Quantitative Variable
DEFINITION 19 a variable that is used to indicate the extent to which a person possess a characteristic. TERM 20
Ratio Scales
DEFINITION 20 Interval scales in which there is a zero point that is known to represent the complete lack of the conceptual variable.
Reactivity
changes in responding the occur as a result of measurement
