Think of a construct you would like to measure.
a. Name that construct.
b. Define that construct.
c. Locate a published measure of that concept (if you are having trouble finding a published example, see Web Appendix B), and write down the reference for that source.
d. Develop a measure of that construct.
e. What could you do to improve or evaluate your measure's reliability?
f. If you had a year to try to validate your measure, how would you go about it? (Hint: Refer to the different kinds of validities discussed in this chapter.)
g. How vulnerable is your measure to subject and observer bias? Why? Can you change your measure to make it more resistant to these threats?