Which of the following do you think are the most critical characteristics in selecting a
measure?
a) Validity: if a measure doesn't measure the concept it is supposed to measure, why bother?
b) Reliability: if a measure doesn't consistently give the same results when it's used under
similar conditions, why bother?
c) Easy to use: if a measure is so complicated to use, regardless of its validity or reliability,
why bother?
d) Accessible: if a measure is expensive or restricted, regardless if it is easy to use, valid,
and reliable, why bother?
e) all of the above
f) none of the above
E
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poverty in the industrial cores of cities. Now that American poverty often afflicts the largely white inner suburbs…
a. those suburbs are showing many of the same distinct features of poverty that plagued inner cities. b. those suburbs rarely show any of the same distinct features of poverty that plagued inner cities. c. inner cities and inner?ring suburbs have little in common, despite rising poverty. d. socio?economic decline is very slow, despite the concentration of poverty.
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A) rapid growth of the oldest-old with acute illnesses B) increased nuclear family structures C) declining racial and economic inequities D) more women employed outside the home
The year the American public most strongly believed that drug abuse was the nation's number one problem was:
A. 1989. B. 1999. C. 1979. D. 1969. E. 1959.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false