5.10 Flashcards

Psychometric Principles & Intelligence Testing

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Achievement Tests

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Exams covering what you have learned in this course.

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Aptitude Tests

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Measures a students potential or ability to learn.

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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test

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Reveled intelligence with which a person was born.

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Standardization

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Involves administrating the test to a representative sample of a future test in order to establish a basis for meaningful comparison.

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Reliability

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When your test yields consistent results.

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Split-Half Reliability

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Dividing the test into two equal halves & assessing how consistent the scores are.

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Test-Retest Reliability

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Using the same test on two occasions to measure consistency.

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Content Validity

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The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.

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Predictive Validity

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The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to protect.

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Flynn Effect

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The theory that test performances have improved.

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