Creating operational definitions and the three different types of measures that could be used to measure those operationalization’s.
Chapter 5 Identifying Good Measurement
1. One of the topics in Chapter 5 involves creating operational definitions and the three different types of measures that could be used to measure those operationalization’s. Describe how you could operationalize “coffee intake” using EACH of the three different types of measures:
* A self-report measure
* An observational measure
* A physiological measure
Go to https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/what-ice-cream-flavor-are-you and take the ice cream poll. When you have completed the poll and have your results, answer the following questions:
2. What flavor ice cream did you get? What did the results say about you? (Description is totally fine for this question)
3. Do you think this quiz is reliable? Explain and answer the questions.
* What kind of reliability is relevant for this measure?
* How could you empirically establish the quiz’s reliability?
* Describe one method you could use to quantify the reliability for this quiz.
4. Do you think this quiz is valid? Explain and comment on the bullet below.
* How would you establish the criterion validity of this quiz?
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