Assessment & Testing

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Appraisal means

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the process of assessing or estimation attributes. (test clients through survey, observation, or clinical interviews).

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The format of an essay test is considered…

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subjective, the scorer’s opinion.

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CPCE is a______test bc the scoring procedure is specific

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objective

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a short answer test is what

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a free choice test

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NCE/CPCE are examples of

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forced choice. aka recognition items

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What index shows the percentage of ppl who answered items correction

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the difficulty index

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a true/false test has what recognition item?

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dichotomous, two opposing choices.

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a normative test format …

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each item is independent of all the rest

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a client who partakes in a normative test

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can see their performance compared to others who have taken it before

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ipsative measure the person taking the test must compare items to one another. the result is

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you cannot compare 2 or more ppl who have taken the ipsative test. it does not reveal absolute strength. (with-in person analysis)

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a speed test

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a timed typing test used to hire secretaries

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power test

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a counseling test consisted of 300 items forced response. The person taking it can take as long as they want

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personality tests or interest inventories measure

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typical performance

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in a spiral test

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the items get progressively more difficult

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a cyclical test

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several sections that are spiral in nature

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a test battery

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a horizontal test, several measures used to produce results that are more accurate than a single source

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validity

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the test measures accurately/ a test really measures what it is supposed to measure

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reliability

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show how consistent a test measures an attribute

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what is more important? reliability or validity?

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validity

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content validity

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rational or logical

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construct validity

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tests ability to measure a construct like IQ or self-esteem or ego strength ( a trait you CANNOT directly measure or observe).

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concurrent validity

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how well does the test compares to other instruments intended for the same purpose

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consequential validity

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social implications of using the test

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Beware of …

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a test being reliable yet not valid. it can have a high-reliability coefficient yet a low validity…reliability places a ceiling on validity yet validity does not limit reliability

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Face Validity

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appears to measure the intended attribute (does it look like it measures what it is supposed to?)

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job test predicted future performance on a job very well...

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it has high criterion/predictive validity

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good concurrent validity

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an IQ test yeilds results identical to other standard tests

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predictive validity

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GRE will predict the ability to handle graduate school

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a reliable test is _____valid.

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not always

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a valid test is ______reliable.

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always

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test-retest reliability

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same test given to the same group of ppl two time and then correlate the scores

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equivalent/ alternate forms of reliability

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give same pop alt forms of the identical test (aka counterbalancing)

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testing reliability via split-half correlation method

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counselor researching chose to split standard test in 1/2 by using even # of items as one test and odd # items on the second test and correlating them

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Inter-Rater/inter-observer

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useful in an essay test but not in a math test

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reliability coeffecient of 1.00

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perfect score with no errors

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.90

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an excellent counseling test would this coeffecient

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career counselor is using a job selection test and an acceptable reliability coefficient would be_____or higher.

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.80

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Correlation btw 2 tests is .70. The true variance is...

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49%. ( .70 x .70=.49 and .49x100=49%)

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IQ means

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intelligence quotient

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Galton

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researched and founf IQ is normally distributed like height or weight and is primarlity genetic

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Fancis Galton found intelligence was

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a unitary faculty

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JP Guilford isolated 120 factors that added up intelligence and also..

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thoughts on divergent and convergent thinking (two dimensions of his factor analysis)

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Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence

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see if each item of the test is measuring the same thing.

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cross-validation

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examine criteria validity, most times cross-validation coeffecient is smaller than the initial validity aka "shrinkage"

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1st IQ test est by...

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Alfred Binet & Theodore Simon 1905

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The Standard-Binet IQ test today

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a standardized measure because scoring and administration is formal

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IQ expressed by

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MAxCA=100 (mental age and chronological age)

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Binets stressed age-related tests a 9 y/o task would be...

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50% of the 9 y/os could answer it right

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Simon & Binet's IQ test was formed to

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discriminate which students with/without intellectual disabilitiy

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Standford-Binet is used for 2-adulthood the IQ formula was replaced by...

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SAS "standard age score"

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Binet's test seems to be

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not the best for adults

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best IQ test for 22 y/o single male would be...

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WAIS-IV. administered/scored online, 60-90 min to complete, 10 areas of focus, measures IQ from 40-160. (based on cattell-horn-carrol theory of human intelligence)

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best IQ test for 6th grade girls

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WISC-IV bc it is recommneded for ages 6-16 years and 11 months.

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best IQ test for a kindergartener

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WPPSI-IV. 2-7 y/o and 7 months.

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mean of Wechsler and Stanford-Binet IQ scales_____and the standard deviation is____.

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100; 15 Wechsler, and 16 standford-binet.

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Group IQ tests like Otis-Lennon and California Test of Mental Abilities are popular in school because

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group tests are easier to administer

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group IQ test started in

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the army alpha and army beta in WWI

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a culture-fair test

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items are known to the sibject regardless of culture

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Arthur Jensen wrote an article that sparked what?

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the black v. white IQ controversy in 1969

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1979 Larry P. v. Wilson Riles, Superintendent of public instruction, state of California: wechsler and binet on trial...

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initially ruled that IQ tests are racially biased against black students and over represented in special education classes

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MMPI-2 is

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standardized personality test, est. in 1940, the minniesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 since 1989. known as self-report personality inventory. (true/false/or cannot answer to 567 q's)

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in a projective test the client is shown

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a neutral stimuli

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what is the 16 PF and who est. it?

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Raymond B. Cattel. suitable for ppl 16+ that measures personality factors...

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was est. by...

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Carl Jung

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counselor for prefers projective measures would be

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psychodynamic clinician

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an appitude test is_____as an achievement test is to_____.

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potential (predicitve validity is important); what has been learned.

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what are 2 examples of predicitive tests?

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Rorschach and Thematic Apperception test (TAT)

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what test would a counselor use to see if a client has neurological motoric difficulties?

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Bender Gestalt II. discern if there is evident brain damage.