PADM 5500 Comps Study Guide
With Actual Solution
Literature Review - ANSWER a scholarly research step that entails identifying and
studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research
Hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Theory - ANSWER tells us why we expect the hypothesis: explains X and Y
Operationalization - ANSWER describes how concepts will be measured
Unit of Analysis - ANSWER What you will be studying
Description of Results - ANSWER a spoken or written summary of an observation
Types of Data - ANSWER 1. Discrete: Nominal, Ordinal
2. Continuous: Ratio/Interval
Nominal - ANSWER Variable with attributes that are merely different ex. male, female
Ordinal - ANSWER variable with attributes we can rank order along some dimension ex.
regilosity, likert scale
Research Design - ANSWER An overall plan for obtaining the information needed to
address a research problem or issue
Reliability - ANSWER the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by
the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on
retesting
Indicator - ANSWER Variable that results from applying the operational definition
2 Major Threats to Measurement Reliability - ANSWER 1. Subjectivity
2. Lack of Precision
TIPS - ANSWER 1. Test-Retest Reliability
2. Inter-rater reliability
3. Parallel Forms Reliability
4. Spilt-half reliability
Test-retest reliability (stability) - ANSWER a measure of test score stability on the same
version of the assessment over two occasions
With Actual Solution
Literature Review - ANSWER a scholarly research step that entails identifying and
studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research
Hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Theory - ANSWER tells us why we expect the hypothesis: explains X and Y
Operationalization - ANSWER describes how concepts will be measured
Unit of Analysis - ANSWER What you will be studying
Description of Results - ANSWER a spoken or written summary of an observation
Types of Data - ANSWER 1. Discrete: Nominal, Ordinal
2. Continuous: Ratio/Interval
Nominal - ANSWER Variable with attributes that are merely different ex. male, female
Ordinal - ANSWER variable with attributes we can rank order along some dimension ex.
regilosity, likert scale
Research Design - ANSWER An overall plan for obtaining the information needed to
address a research problem or issue
Reliability - ANSWER the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by
the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on
retesting
Indicator - ANSWER Variable that results from applying the operational definition
2 Major Threats to Measurement Reliability - ANSWER 1. Subjectivity
2. Lack of Precision
TIPS - ANSWER 1. Test-Retest Reliability
2. Inter-rater reliability
3. Parallel Forms Reliability
4. Spilt-half reliability
Test-retest reliability (stability) - ANSWER a measure of test score stability on the same
version of the assessment over two occasions
