Chapter 5 Practice Quiz

. Sociologist Robert Blauner identified four dimensions of alienation: powerlessness, meaninglessness, isolation, and self-estrangement. Blauner's analysis is one aspect of

conceptualization.

operationalization.

reliability assessment.

validity assessment.

. Which of the following is an empirical indicator of social capital?

good will, fellowship, and sympathy among the individuals that make up a social unit

the bonding and bridging of people with one another

the number of people individuals report that they can rely on in a time of need

the ability to accrue benefits through membership in social networks

. In her survey-based study, Broh relied primarily on __________; in her field research, Calarco relied primarily on __________.

observation; verbal reports

observation; archival records

verbal reports; observation

verbal reports; archival records

archival records; verbal reports

. Suppose a researcher uses the following set of categories to measure employment status: working full-time; working part-time; in school. This set of categories is

exhaustive but not mutually exclusive.

mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.

both exhaustive and mutually exclusive.

neither exhaustive nor mutually exclusive.

. As a measure of religiosity, a researcher asks, "How important would you say religion is in your own life? Is it very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not at all important?" This is an example of __________-level measurement.

nominal

ordinal

interval

ratio

. All of the following combinations of reliability and validity are possible except

low reliability; low validity

low reliability; high validity

high reliability; low validity

high reliability; high validity

. Test-retest and internal consistency are forms of

measurement control.

construct validation.

convergent validation.

reliability assessment.

. Research indicates that in recent years respondents' answers to survey questions measuring racial prejudice underestimate actual racial prejudice. This underestimate lowers

reliability.

validity.

neither reliability nor validity.

both reliability and validity.

. Evidence that scores on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale are positively associated with scores on other self-esteem measures supports the scale's

test-retest reliability.

internal consistency.

convergent validity.

construct validity.

. The feedback loop in the measurement process may involve

using in-depth interviews to explore the meaning of survey questions.

identifying empirical indicators of a theoretical concept.

specifying the procedures of an operational definition.

determining an appropriate level of measurement.

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