Professor Myth asked respondents whether or not they had ever been divorced. One year later Professor Myth asked respondents the same question. Myth found that with repeated applications of the measure different responses were obtained for the same subject. This means that the measuring instrument was
A) unreliable
B) invalid.
C) unreliable or the value on the variable had changed.
D) ?lacking in face validity.
C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A. Accepting the reality of the loss B. Learning to suppress the pain of grief C. Adjusting to an environment in which the deceased is missing D. Withdrawal or energy and reinvestment E. None of the above
Which of the following problems has received the largest share of attention from social planners?
A) Poverty B) Natural disasters C) Prejudice D) Negative effects of technological advances
In conducting a cost?benefit analysis, benefits and costs are usually considered from which
perspectives?
a. the participants, the funding source, and society as a whole b. the participants, the funding source, and the researchers c. the researchers, the funding source, and society as a whole d. the participants, the researchers, and society as a whole