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Question:

1. Uncontrolled variance that distorts scores and observations so that these no longer accurately represent the construct in question or being studied is known as...?

2. A __________ establishes a quantitative means to measure a defined construct by using assigned values as a basis to quantify observations and participant responses.

3. To approximate a normal distribution of scores and support parametric forms of quantitative analysis, variables must be measurable at the __________ level or above.

4. A major characteristic of quantitative measurement instruments that greatly influences how we evaluate internal consistency of the instrument is...?

5. Methods of measurement where participants becoming aware of those measurements, actually alter their responses or behaviors are known as...?

6. The calculation of Chronbach's "Coefficient Alpha" would observe lower results when the content of the instrument is more...?

7. The extent to which a particular instrument and the constituent items making up the instrument appear to measure the construct(s) being measured, is known as...?

8. The more reliable a measurement instrument, the more accurately it should estimate a participant's __________ in relationship to the construct being measured (e.g., intelligence).

9. From a positivist/post-positivist paradigm, what criteria are used to judge the rigor of a research study?

10. Feminism, ethnocentricism, Marxism, and cultural studies have all emerged from what epistemology and ontolo