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Which term below refers to the process of assigning numbers to empirical events in compliance with a mapping rule. |
| | A) | Measurement |
| | B) | A mapping rule |
| | C) | Assignment |
| | D) | Order |
| | E) | Operationalization |
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Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of mapping rules? |
| | A) | classification |
| | B) | exclusiveness |
| | C) | order |
| | D) | distance |
| | E) | origin |
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_____ refers to a series of numbers in which each number represents the doneness of a steak. |
| | A) | Classification |
| | B) | Order |
| | C) | Distance |
| | D) | Origin |
| | E) | Exclusivity |
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To use certain rides at Kings Island theme park, children must meet certain height minimums. Which of the following characteristics are exhibited by height? |
| | A) | classification only |
| | B) | classification and order |
| | C) | classification, order, and distance |
| | D) | classification, order, distance, and origin |
| | E) | classification, order, distance, origin, and exclusivity |
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All of the following combinations of the characteristics of mapping rules are possible EXCEPT _____. |
| | A) | classification only |
| | B) | classification and order |
| | C) | order only without the properties of classification, origin, and distance |
| | D) | classification, order, distance |
| | E) | classification, order, distance, origin |
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Eric wants a measurement that can generate a mode as the best measure of central tendency. He should create a measurement tool using ____ data. |
| | A) | Nominal |
| | B) | Ordinal |
| | C) | Interval |
| | D) | Ratio |
| | E) | Precision |
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Movie critics rate movies using a system such that one star means good, two stars means very good, three stars means excellent, and four stars means extraordinary. This is a type of _____ scale. |
| | A) | ratio |
| | B) | interval |
| | C) | ordinal |
| | D) | nominal |
| | E) | semantic differential |
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Which of the following represents an interval scale? |
| | A) | rare, medium rare, medium well, well done in roast beef |
| | B) | weight scale that measures a person's weight in 0.2 pound increments |
| | C) | The average age of inventory based on number of days that homes have been for sale on the market. |
| | D) | a satisfaction scale using a7-point numeric scale between verbal anchors (extremely satisfied, extremely dissatisfied) |
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What type of data is the number of adults who have broadband internet access at home? |
| | A) | ratio |
| | B) | interval |
| | C) | nominal |
| | D) | ordinal |
| | E) | dispersed |
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Convergent validity, a components of _____ validity, measures _____. |
| | A) | external, degree to which scores on one scale correlate with scores on other scales designed to assess the same concept |
| | B) | internal, degree to which scores on a scale do not correlate with scores from scales designed to measure different constructs |
| | C) | criterion-related, degree to which scores on a scale do not correlate with scores from scales designed to measure different constructs |
| | D) | construct, degree to which scores on one scale correlate with scores on other scales designed to assess the same construct |
| | E) | content, degree to which scores on one scale correlate with scores on other scales designed to assess the same concept |
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