Collecting Quantitative Data Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. response options in which participants rank order from best to worst, most important to least important of some trait, attribute, or characteristic
  2. 4. individual scores from an instrument should be stable and consistent; free from sources of measurement error
  3. 6. a group of individuals who comprise the same characteristics
  4. 8. sampling procedure in which the researcher chooses every “nth” individual or site in the population until the desired sample size is achieved
  5. 9. seek to assess affect or feelings toward educational topics
  6. 10. sampling procedure in which researcher selects individuals so that each person has an equal chance of being selected from the population
  7. 12. sampling procedure based on participants willingness and availability to be studied by researcher
  8. 14. a response scale in which participants check a response option with a true zero and equal distance between points
  9. 15. sampling procedure in which researcher stratifies the population based on some specific characteristic, and then conduct simple random sampling from each stratum of the population
  10. 16. refers to the selection of individuals from a sample of a population
  11. 18. a subgroup of the population
  12. 19. provide “continuous” response options to questions that have presumably equal distances between options
Down
  1. 1. provide response options where participants check one or more categories that describe their traits, attributes, or characteristics
  2. 3. refers to the unit (e.g. individual, family, school, school district) the researcher uses to gather the data
  3. 5. tools for measuring, observing, or documenting quantitative data
  4. 7. consist of selecting an instrument to record a behavior, observing behavior and checking points on scale to reflect
  5. 11. consist of numeric data in public records of individuals (e.g. demographic data, census information)
  6. 13. assess an individual’s ability to perform on an achievement test
  7. 15. a sampling procedure in which the researcher asks participants to identify other participants to become members of the sample
  8. 17. the development of sound evidence to demonstrate that the intended test interpretation matches the proposed purpose of the test