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Chapter 12

1. __________ reliability is determined by correlating scores for two administrations of the same test on the same group of people.
        
2. As compared to closed questions, open-ended questions are useful for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
        
3. __________ questions are better in the beginning stages of researching a particular problem.
        
4. Inter-observer reliability is to __________ as intra-observer reliability is to __________.
        
5. The question below is an example of what kind of general question format? What are some reasons for students having difficulty in a course?
        
6. Two students were observing the out-of-seat behavior of a hyperactive first-grader together. After their observation, they calculated Cohen's kappa. They were determining __________.
        
7. Which of the following is NOT a strategy for controlling demand characteristics?
        
8. __________ is to reliability as __________ is to validity.
        
9. The GRE is used as a predictor of performance in graduate schools and so is frequently a requirement for admission to graduate programs. This use of the GRE is based on its __________.
        
10. The best source of information on the instruments that you could use in your study is
        
11. The researcher asks subjects to sign a consent form which details the purpose of the study, the research procedures, and protections to the subject. This researcher is following the requirements for the __________.
        
12. Probability sampling is to ___________ as convenience sampling is to __________.