Chapter 5: Research Design Explained

You are now at the Chapter 5 section of the book's student Web site. Here you can
1. Look over the concept map of the key terms and look at a glossary of the key terms.
2. Test yourself on the chapter objectives
3. Test yourself on the key terms.
  - Quick matching test
  - Download a more challenging matching test
    - Windows version
    - Macintosh version
4. Take the Chapter 5 Practice Quiz.
5. Review by filling out a review sheet, looking at the key issues and reading the chapter summary.
Use the appropriate "Measure chooser" link below to practice choosing the right measure for the situation.
- Windows version
- Macintosh version
If you want to have a better understanding of scales of measurement, use one of the links below to download the "Scales of measurement " tutorial.
- Windows version
- Macintosh version
To gain a better understanding of scales of measurement, explore the following links.
- Dr. Ken Salzwedel's Half Page Summary of Scales of Measurement
- A one page tutorial on scales of measurement
- An interactive tutorial on the scales of measurement
- An interactive game to test your ability to distinguish levels of measurement. Warning: The author, unlike many psychologists, considers rating scale data to be ordinal rather than interval.
To learn more about psychological testing, explore the following links.

APA's Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Psychological Tests. This guide will briefly tell you about basic references for finding tests and measures--references that should be in your library.
Dr. Degelman's links to numerous psychological tests
A fun source of tests of varying levels of validity
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Home Page Buros produces some of the most popular guides to psychological tests. You can use the Mental Measurements Home page to learn how to use those guides. Maybe more importantly, if you know what you want to measure, you can use this page to find the name of a measure and a reference of an article that describes the measure in more detail. Sometimes, computers do make life simpler!