Professor Myth asked respondents whether they had ever been divorced. One year later Professor Myth asked the same respondents the same question. Myth found that with repeated applications of the measure, different responses were obtained for the same respondent. This means that the measuring instrument was
a. unreliable.
b. invalid.
c. unreliable or the value on the variable had changed.
d. lacking face validity.
e. inaccurate.
C
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The leader of the Muslims is known as the
a. Shia. b. Qur'an. c. Sunni. d. caliph.
Foreign-born people who are raised in the United States from childhood are known as ______.
A. first-generation immigrants B. the 1.5 generation C. second-generation immigrants D. ethnic immigrants
About _______ of married women admit to ever having an affair
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Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?
A. A country club has a rule specifying that no Italians or Jews may be members. B. A mental institution in New York will not allow residents of Connecticut to receive services in the facility. C. To save money, a city fires all employees hired during the last three years. During the last three years, the city has had an aggressive minority-hiring program, and the majority of those fired are therefore members of various minority groups. D. A prejudiced personnel officer secretly refuses to hire women.