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Chapter 12

1. One reason for debriefing in research that is NOT suggested in the dictionary definition is:
        
2. __________ is to test validity as __________ is to inter-rater reliability.
        
3. Researchers gain information on by checking the agreement in the ratings made by the same observer at different times.
        
4. Of the following, who is associated with the magnitude estimation question format?
        
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. 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 __________.
        
7. 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 __________.
        
8. Studies on __________ investigate whether tests are good measures of the psychological concepts their authors claim they measure.
        
9. All of the following are strategies for controlling for the effects of suggestion and for participant reactivity EXCEPT:
        
10. __________ is to reliability as __________ is to validity.
        
11. The mentally retarded child's behavior improved as soon as the researcher began to pay him individual attention. This is an example of __________.
        
12. __________ reliability is determined by correlating scores for two administrations of the same test on the same group of people.