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ERM Exam 1 Ch 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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ERM Exam 1 Ch 2 Questions & Answers2024/2025
Construct Validity: - ANSWERSthe degree to which the variables accurately reflect or measure the
constructs of interest. if a study has high construct validity, all the constructs have been successfully
measured by the variables used. Best examined by employing multiple operational definitions. (To what
extent are the constructs of theoretical interest successfully operationalized in the research)
Constructs of Disinterest - ANSWERSthings we would rather not measure
Correlation: - ANSWERSa simple empirical association between two variables (not enough to infer
causation)
Correlational Fallacy : - ANSWERSInappropriately inferring causality from a simple association between
two variables
Deductive Research: - ANSWERSResearch designed to demonstrate a hypothesis
Demonstration: - ANSWERSif researchers have a hypothesis about the associations among constructs of
interest they are quite likely to gather data to support it
Dependent Variable: - ANSWERSvariable used to assess the affected construct
Discovery - ANSWERSwhen researchers gather information to attempt to discern what might be
responsible for some phenomenon or behavior
External Validity - ANSWERSextent to which a study is generalizable to the population of interest (To
what extent can we generalize from the research sample and setting to the populations and settings
specified in the research hypothesis
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