FINAL EXAM Part 3 (1-41 slides Post Midterm)

Question 1

Measurement Validity

Answer 1

The extent to which a variable has been adequately measured

Question 2

Measurement Reliability

Answer 2

The consistency of a measure

Question 3

Reliability

Answer 3

consistency and dependability of a measure

Question 4

Any measurement is comprised of two components they are?

Answer 4

1. a true score
2. measurement error

Question 5

Internal Consistency

Answer 5

consistency of scores within a test, based on inter-item correlations

Question 6

Internal Consistency limitation?

Answer 6

affected by the number of items

Question 7

Test-retest reliability

Answer 7

coefficient between scores on repetitions of the same test

Question 8

Internal Validity

Answer 8

The merits of researchers’ claims that any change in an outcome is a result of their intervention and not the result of other factors

Question 9

Internal Validity Threats

Answer 9

factors that may alter DV separate from IV

Question 10

External Validity

Answer 10

The generalization of the research findings to other people, contexts, or time

Question 11

External Validity Threats

Answer 11

arise when experimenters draw incorrect inferences from the sample data

Question 12

Strategies of Inquiry in Qualitative Research (5)

Answer 12

1. Narrative
2. Phenomenology
3. Ethnography
4. Case Study
5. Grounded Theory

Question 13

Strategy of Inquiry Narrative

Answer 13

stories of individual experiences generate through interaction between researcher and participant

Question 14

Strategy of Inquiry Phenomenology

Answer 14

study phenomenon or a concept through exploration of lived experiences

Question 15

Strategy of Inquiry Ethnography

Answer 15

describing and interpreting a cultural or social group

Question 16

Strategy of Inquiry Case Study

Answer 16

description of a case over time through detailed data collection involving multiple sources of rich info

Question 17

Strategy of Inquiry Grounded Theory

Answer 17

generate theory from data , to discover unified theoretical explanation

Question 18

Theory Generation

Answer 18

developing a theory from the data

Question 19

Theory Verification

Answer 19

theory is being tested

Question 20

Sampling in purposeful sampling?

Answer 20

Purposeful Sampling

Question 21

3 Purposeful sampling techniques in Qualitative Research?

Answer 21

1. Extreme Case
2. Maximum Variation
3. Snowball

Question 22

Explain the 3 purposeful sampling techniques in qualitative research.

1. Extreme Case
2. Maximum Variation
3. Snowball

Answer 22

Extreme Case = participants who are unusual or represent extremes
Maximum Variation = diversity in participants
Snowball = participants identify other participants

Question 23

4 Important things to consider in sampling in Qualitative research

Answer 23

1. Number of participants
2. Access to participants
3. Rapport with participants
4. Flexibility in sampling