Low reliability is associated with a high degree of ________.
The detailed description of the procedures used to measure a concept or variable.
A personal judgment that an operational definition is an adequate measure of a concept.
Variables measured at this level include gender, race, and religious affiliation.
Identifying the dimensions of a concept is one aspect of ________.
The social desirability effect produces ________.
Based on a consistent pattern or relationships between the concept being measured and other variables.
Measuring a person’s social class as lower, working, middle, or upper is an example of ________ level of measurement.
Reliability is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for ________.
A form of reliability assessment that applies to indexes and scales.
The most common form of social measurement.
Measuring length of residence by asking “How many years have you lived at your present address?” constitutes ________ level of measurement.