Quiz Question, Babbie Ch. 5

Which of the following descriptions of main ideas from chapter five is FALSE?

A. concepts are constructed ideas that represent the consensus of what a group thinks a term means

B. conceptualization is the refinement and specification of abstract concepts

C. operationalization is the development of specific research procedures to empirically measure those concepts

D. reliability is a description of how well a measurement process accurately reflects the concept it was intended to measure








Answer. D is FALSE. Validity is a description of how well a measurement process accurately reflects the concept it was intended to measure. Reliability, on the other hand, is a description of the quality of a measurement method, with quality implying getting consistent results from the same method.