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The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus.
He trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at
various points around campus. When the observations began, the observers noticed that
bicyclists slowed down when they neared the observers. How could this reactivity be avoided?
- ✔✔The observers could make unobtrusive observations by hiding.
Jenny recently learned of plans to cut down an old beautiful tree on her campus to make way
for a new bike path. Jenny is opposed to cutting down the tree, and she decides to survey some
students at her university to see if others also oppose cutting down the tree. She plans to share
the results of her survey with the school administration to argue to keep the tree. One
question on Jenny's survey asks, "Would you be in favor of brutally cutting down this majestic
tree to make way for a stupid bike path?" How could this question be changed to improve its
construct validity? - ✔✔use more neutral language so that it is not a leading question
The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus. He
trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at various points
around campus. Initially, the observers can't agree about what is dangerous behavior. Professor
Ibrahim refines his codebooks to clearly define the rating scales and retrains the observers. What is
he addressing by doing this? - ✔✔the reliability of the measurement
The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus.
He trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at
various points around campus. After completing the observational study, Professor Ibrahim
sends a survey out to the entire campus about bicycle safety, and asks all bicyclists to respond.
He finds a large difference between their reports of how safely they ride and what his
observers found. What is the most likely cause of the self-report ratings being inconsistent with
the observational data? - ✔✔The bicyclists were probably responding in a socially desirable
way on the self-report survey.
Joseph wants to find out what customers at his restaurant think about the food and the service. He
creates a survey for diners to fill out at the end of their meal with three questions: 1) Please rate
the food from 1-10, where 1 is yucky and 10 is delicious; 2) Please rate the service from 1-
,10 were 1 is unacceptable and 10 is outstanding. What kind of question format is Joseph
using? - ✔✔Semantic Differential
The following item appears on a survey: "On a five-point scale, where 1 is Strongly disagree, 2 is
disagree, 3 is Neither agree nor disagree, 4 is Agree, and 5 is Strongly agree, rate the following
statement:"I look forward to coming to class". What type of question format is being used? -
✔✔Likert Scale
The following problematic question appears on a survey: "Please indicate whether the following
statement is true or false for you: My cell phone is new and has all the latest features". How
could this question be changed to improve its construct validity? - ✔✔split the question
into two so that it is not double-barreled
Which of the following describes a "fence-sitting" response to a survey? - ✔✔responding
to a controversial question on a survey by selecting the response right in the middle
Jenny recently learned of plans to cut down an old beautiful tree on her campus to make way
for a new bike path. Jenny is opposed to cutting down the tree, and she decides to survey some
students at her university to see if others also oppose cutting down the tree. She plans to share
the results of her survey with the school administration to argue to keep the tree. One question
on Jenny's survey asks, "Would you be in favor of brutally cutting down this majestic tree to
make way for a stupid bike path?" A problem with this question is that it is a _______________.
- ✔✔Leading Question
Which of the following is a way to control for socially desirable responding? -
✔✔Removing the neutral option can be used to stop fence sitting, but will not affect
socially desirable responding.
Which of the following is a method to control for observer bias? - ✔✔use a masked or blind
study design; Observer bias that comes about from the observers' seeing what they want to
see is avoided when the observers are "blind" to the conditions to which the participants are
assigned.
, acquiescence - ✔✔Answering "yes" or "strongly agree" to every item in a survey
or interview. Also called yea-saying.
double-barreled question - ✔✔A type of question in a survey or poll that is
problematic because it asks two questions in one, thereby weakening its construct
validity.
faking bad - ✔✔Giving answers on a survey (or other self-report measure) that make
one look worse than one really is.
faking good - ✔✔Giving answers on a survey (or other self-report measure) that make
one look better than one really is. Also called socially desirable responding.
fence sitting - ✔✔Playing it safe by answering in the middle of the scale for every question
in a survey or interview.
forced-choice format - ✔✔A survey question format in which respondents give their
opinion by picking the best of two or more options.
leading question - ✔✔A type of question in a survey or poll that is problematic because
its wording encourages only one response, thereby weakening its construct validity.
Likert scale - ✔✔A survey question format; a rating scale containing multiple response
options that are anchored by the terms strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor
disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree.
masked design - ✔✔A study design in which the observers are unaware of the
experimental conditions to which participants have been assigned. Also called blind design.
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The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus.
He trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at
various points around campus. When the observations began, the observers noticed that
bicyclists slowed down when they neared the observers. How could this reactivity be avoided?
- ✔✔The observers could make unobtrusive observations by hiding.
Jenny recently learned of plans to cut down an old beautiful tree on her campus to make way
for a new bike path. Jenny is opposed to cutting down the tree, and she decides to survey some
students at her university to see if others also oppose cutting down the tree. She plans to share
the results of her survey with the school administration to argue to keep the tree. One
question on Jenny's survey asks, "Would you be in favor of brutally cutting down this majestic
tree to make way for a stupid bike path?" How could this question be changed to improve its
construct validity? - ✔✔use more neutral language so that it is not a leading question
The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus. He
trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at various points
around campus. Initially, the observers can't agree about what is dangerous behavior. Professor
Ibrahim refines his codebooks to clearly define the rating scales and retrains the observers. What is
he addressing by doing this? - ✔✔the reliability of the measurement
The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus.
He trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at
various points around campus. After completing the observational study, Professor Ibrahim
sends a survey out to the entire campus about bicycle safety, and asks all bicyclists to respond.
He finds a large difference between their reports of how safely they ride and what his
observers found. What is the most likely cause of the self-report ratings being inconsistent with
the observational data? - ✔✔The bicyclists were probably responding in a socially desirable
way on the self-report survey.
Joseph wants to find out what customers at his restaurant think about the food and the service. He
creates a survey for diners to fill out at the end of their meal with three questions: 1) Please rate
the food from 1-10, where 1 is yucky and 10 is delicious; 2) Please rate the service from 1-
,10 were 1 is unacceptable and 10 is outstanding. What kind of question format is Joseph
using? - ✔✔Semantic Differential
The following item appears on a survey: "On a five-point scale, where 1 is Strongly disagree, 2 is
disagree, 3 is Neither agree nor disagree, 4 is Agree, and 5 is Strongly agree, rate the following
statement:"I look forward to coming to class". What type of question format is being used? -
✔✔Likert Scale
The following problematic question appears on a survey: "Please indicate whether the following
statement is true or false for you: My cell phone is new and has all the latest features". How
could this question be changed to improve its construct validity? - ✔✔split the question
into two so that it is not double-barreled
Which of the following describes a "fence-sitting" response to a survey? - ✔✔responding
to a controversial question on a survey by selecting the response right in the middle
Jenny recently learned of plans to cut down an old beautiful tree on her campus to make way
for a new bike path. Jenny is opposed to cutting down the tree, and she decides to survey some
students at her university to see if others also oppose cutting down the tree. She plans to share
the results of her survey with the school administration to argue to keep the tree. One question
on Jenny's survey asks, "Would you be in favor of brutally cutting down this majestic tree to
make way for a stupid bike path?" A problem with this question is that it is a _______________.
- ✔✔Leading Question
Which of the following is a way to control for socially desirable responding? -
✔✔Removing the neutral option can be used to stop fence sitting, but will not affect
socially desirable responding.
Which of the following is a method to control for observer bias? - ✔✔use a masked or blind
study design; Observer bias that comes about from the observers' seeing what they want to
see is avoided when the observers are "blind" to the conditions to which the participants are
assigned.
, acquiescence - ✔✔Answering "yes" or "strongly agree" to every item in a survey
or interview. Also called yea-saying.
double-barreled question - ✔✔A type of question in a survey or poll that is
problematic because it asks two questions in one, thereby weakening its construct
validity.
faking bad - ✔✔Giving answers on a survey (or other self-report measure) that make
one look worse than one really is.
faking good - ✔✔Giving answers on a survey (or other self-report measure) that make
one look better than one really is. Also called socially desirable responding.
fence sitting - ✔✔Playing it safe by answering in the middle of the scale for every question
in a survey or interview.
forced-choice format - ✔✔A survey question format in which respondents give their
opinion by picking the best of two or more options.
leading question - ✔✔A type of question in a survey or poll that is problematic because
its wording encourages only one response, thereby weakening its construct validity.
Likert scale - ✔✔A survey question format; a rating scale containing multiple response
options that are anchored by the terms strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor
disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree.
masked design - ✔✔A study design in which the observers are unaware of the
experimental conditions to which participants have been assigned. Also called blind design.
