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Which one of the following is FALSE?


A) Ordinal measures have the properties of interval measures.
B) Interval measures have the properties of nominal measures.
C) Ratio measures have the properties of ordinal measures.
D) Ordinal measures have the properties of nominal measures.
E) All are true.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Most social scientists do not accept a person's height in centimetres and millimetres as a measure of her or his intelligence because it lacks


A) precision.
B) reliability.
C) accuracy.
D) validity.
E) all of the above.

F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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How do reliability and validity differ? How do they complement each other? Can a measure be reliable but invalid? How?

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-Reliability means dependability or cons...

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Define the following terms -face validity

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A type of measurement validity...

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