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Heisenberg principle
✓ -:- The idea that the system and practice of measurement exerts a
psychological influence on the people being measured, and thereby affects
operating results.
Hierarchy Rule
✓ -:- the most serious crime is the only crime reported. UCR
conceptualization
✓ -:- the process by which we identify what we mean by a concept. - the
product is a specific, agreed upon meaning for a concept
concept
✓ -:- construct derived by mutual agreement from mental images
(conceptions)
operationalization
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✓ -:- the process of developing an operational definition
operational definition
✓ -:- definition in terms of specific operations, measurement instruments,
or procedures
reliability
✓ -:- requires that the indicator gives the same result each time the same
thing is measured
4 types of reliability
✓ -:- - stability: reliability across time ( E.G. test - retest method, parallel
forms method)
- representative reliability
- internal consistency reliability (split half method)
- equivalence reliability (intercoder/ interrater reliability)
how to improve reliability
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✓ -:- - conceptualize clearly
- increase the level of measurement
- use multiple indicators
- use pretests and pilot studies
- use established measures
- training of research workers/ interviewers
validity
✓ -:- measures the extent to which the measure actually reflects the real
meaning of the concept it is supposed to measure ( we can never be sure
about validity, but we can identify measures that are more valid than
others)
Types of validity
✓ -:- - face validity
- criterion related validity
- concurrent validity
- predictive validity
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