What measure of association should be used when examining the association between
two ordinal variables?
a. phi
b. gamma
c. Somer's d
d. either b or c
D
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What kind of validity is achieved if scores on measures related to one concept are not strongly associated with measures of different concepts?
a. Face validity b. Criterion validity c. Content validity d. Discriminant validity e. Predictive validity
According to Erikson, a child of preschool age who is unduly restricted or whose choices are ridiculed tends to experience
A) ?an inability to know right from wrong. B) ?a sense of guilt, that will ultimately lead to a withdrawal from taking an active stance. C) ?a rebellious nature. D) ?difficulty being empathic with playmates.
In developing a Thurstone scale, judges are used to:
a. provide the statistical analysis. b. calculate discriminatory power scores. c. find the adjective pairs that are used in the scale. d. assess how favorable an item is toward the variable being measured.
"Double-bind performance syndrome" refers to:
A. Social science experiments developed at Harvard in the 1970s B. The mixed messages people of color get about their performance in schools and agencies that can undermine confidence C. The expectation that a person of color and women will underperform on tests in the sciences and math D. Inflated grades in education