- What is the difference between a conceptual and an operational definition? (Define each)
- Operationalize the following concept via 3 different items (questions and response options as needed): R’s compliance with CDC coronavirus health rules. One item should reflect the nominal level, one the ordinal level and one the ratio level of measurement.
Nominal item:
Ordinal item:
Ratio item:
- What would be the recommended way for assessing the reliability of a 10 item “good citizen” index? Detail the steps that would be involved and indicate the standard you would use to declare the index reliable.
- You think your newly devised loneliness index is the best around. What would you need to do to establish for skeptics its concurrent validity (detail the steps)? Be as specific as possible and again indicate the standard used declare the index valid.
- What is the greatest challenge for establishing reliability via a:
a) Test-retest method?
b) Multiple forms method - Shyness is defined as the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness especially when a person is around other people.
a) Is shyness a simple or complex concept? Explain.
b) What would be best to use for measuring shyness, an item or a composite measure? Explain. - Explain the level of measurement advantage to using an index to measure a concept.
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