| 1. Identifying the dimensions of a concept, such as by distinguishing different components of religiosity—ritualistic, ideological, experiential, and so forth—is one aspect of _____. | | |
| 2. The detailed description of the procedures necessary to tangibly represent a concept or variable. | | |
| 3. The most common form of social measurement. | | |
| 4. With this measurement level, one cannot draw conclusions about the rank order of cases. | | |
| 5. Measuring religiosity by recording whether respondents attend religious services every week, two to three times a month, once a month, or less than once a month represents _____ level of measurement. | | |
| 6. Measuring length of residence by asking “How many years have you lived at your present address?” constitutes _____ level of measurement. | | |
| 7. Reliability is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for _____. | | |
| 8. Low reliability is associated with a high degree of _____. | | |
| 9. The social desirability effect introduces _____. | | |
| 10. A form of reliability assessment applied to scales and indexes. | | |
| 11. Using several indicators or questions to measure a concept rather than a single indicator can increase _____. | | |
| 12. Refers to a personal judgment that an operational definition is an adequate measure of a concept. | | |
| 13. This form of validity assessment is important when a measure is intended for practical application. | | |
| 14. By reporting that scores on his Love Scale were correlated with marriage probability and the feeling of being “in love,” Zick Rubin provided evidence of the scale’s _____. | | |