Measurement Processes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• stability: the consistency of repeated measures, e.g, test-retest
• discriminate: type of validity that refers to the capacity of an instrument to measure what it claims to measure and nothing else
• ratio: highest level of measurement, has an absolute 0 point, e.g, income
• interval: continuous variable, the 0 point is arbitrary, e.g, likert-type response
• construct: the most complex and comprehensive form of validity, used when an investigator has developed a theoretical rationale underlying the test instrument
• exhaustive: the complete measurement of the construct, e.g, male/female
• discrete: a finite number of distinct value, e.g. marital status
• measurement: the translation of observations into numerical values or numbers
• validity: the extent that you are measuring what you claim to be measuring
• criterion: type of validity that demonstrates a correlation between the measurement of interest and another instrument, e.g, concurrent and predictive
• nominal: means name, numbers are used to name attributes, e.g, ssn
• continuous: infinite number of values, e.g, age
• ordinal: means order, the numerical value that assigns an order to a set of observations, e.g, income levels
• internal consistency: the issue of consistency is internally examined in relation to the composite score, e.g, split-half, cronbach's alpha, kuder-richardson formula
• content: type of validity that address the degree to which the indicator is deemed to reflect the basic content of the phenomenon
• reliability: the extent to which the results obtained from an instrument are stable
• equivalence: the extent to which the results of a test are consistent with measures that have been accurately used in the same population, e.g, interrater reliability, alternate forms