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Question 1
An operational definition is:
Question 2
The importance of measurement in quantitative research is that:
Question 3
The difference between measures and indicators is that:
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Measures include things like demographics (of age, income and so on), which can be counted. In fact, usually we think of measures as raw
numbers. Often though, what we want to research does not lend itself immediately to straightforward calculation on numbers of things and
how they vary but on slightly vaguer concepts. Like job satisfaction, for example. In this case we need a number of attitude statements,
which, taken together, can be argued to represent the concept. These separate statements are indicators and often represent our 'common
sense' understanding of a concept. Later, these can be coded, to turn them into numbers for statistical analysis.
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Question 4
The split-half method is used as a test of:
Question 5
Which of the following is not a form of measurement validity?
Question 6
Quantitative social researchers rarely claim to have established causality because:
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They usually want to find out why things are the way they are so that they can be remedied or replicated. Causality is an appropriate goal,
simply difficult to achieve.
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Question 7
One of the preoccupations of quantitative researchers is with generalization, which is a sign of:
Question 8
Quantitative research has been criticised because:
Question 9
The term 'reverse operationism' means that:
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Question 10
Written accounts of quantitative research rarely include the results of reliability and validity tests because:
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