Sample Test IV Flashcards by Sophia Heart C. Cancela

Process of measuring
psychology-related variables by means of devices or
procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior

Psychological testing

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Gathering and integration
of psychology-related data for the purpose of making
psychological evaluation

Psychological Assessment

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Device or procedure designed to measure

Psychological Assessment

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Subject matter

Content

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Form,plan, structure, arrangement,layout

Format

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A specific stimulus to which a person
responds overtly and this response is being
scored or evaluated

Item

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One-to-one basis or group administration

Administration procedures

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Code or summary of statement

Score

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The process of assigning scores to performances

Scoring

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Reference point derived by judgement and used to divide a set of data into two or more classification

Cut-score

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Technical quality

Psychometric soundness

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Science of psychological
measurement

Psychometrics

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Refer to
professional who uses, analyzes, and interprets
psychological data

Psychometrician

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Used to measure general knowledge in a specific
period of time

Achievement test

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Refers to the potential for learning or
acquiring a specific skill

Aptitude test

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Refers to the potential for learning or
acquiring a specific skill

Intelligence test

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Considerable overlap of
achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test

Human Ability Test

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Measure usual or habitual
thoughts, feelings, and behavior

Typical performance test

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Measures individual dispositions
and preferences

Personality test

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A type of personality test which provide statement,
usually self-report, and require the subject to choose
between two or more alternative responses

Structured Personality tests

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A type of personality test which are unstructured self-report, and the stimulus or response are ambigous

Projective Personality Tests

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A type of personality test which consists of elicit personal beliefs and opinions

Attitude test

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A type of personality test which measures likes and dislikes
as well as one’s personality orientation towards the
world of work

Interest Inventories

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Method of gathering information
through direct communication involving reciprocal
exchange

Interview

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Type of interview which questions are prepared

Standardized

Type of interview which pursue relevant ideas in depth

Non-standardized

Type of interview which may probe further on specific number of questions

Semi-Standardized

Type of interview which subject is allowed to express his feelings without fear of disapproval

Non-Directive

Determines the mental status of the patient

Mental Status Examination

Determine why the client came for assessment; chance to inform the client about the policies, fees, and process involved

Intake Interview

Biographical sketch of the client

Social Case

Determine why the client came for assessment; chance to inform the client about the policies, fees, and process involved

Intake Interview

Determine whether the client is suitable for hiring

Employment Interview

More than one interviewer participates in the assessment

Panel interview

Used by counselors and clinicians to gather information about some problematic behavior, while simultaneously attempting to address it therapeutically

Motivational Interview

Sample of one's ability and accomplishment

Portfolio

Refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in written,pictorial, or other form that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee

Case History Data

A report or illustrative account concerning a person or an event that was compiled

Case study

Monitoring of actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding those action

Behavioral Observation

Observe humans in natural setting

Naturalistic Observation

Assesses are directed to act as if they are in a particular situation

Role Play Test

An informed, scientific concept developed or constructed to explain a behavior, inferred from overt behavior

Construct

A proportion that indicates the ratio between the true score variance on a test and the total variance

Reliability Coefficient

Useful in describing sources of test score variability

Variance

An estimate of reliability obtained by correlating pairs of scores from the same people on two different administrations of the test

Test-Retest Reliability

Established when at least two different versions of the test yield almost the same scores

Parallel Forms Reliability

It is when all items measures the same construct

Internal Consistency (Inter-Item Reliability)

Used when two halves of the test have unequal variances and on tests containing non-dichotomous items, unequal variances

Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha

Obtained by correlating two pairs of scores obtained from equivalent halves of a single test administered once

Split-Half Reliability

Designed to provide an indication of where a test taker stands with respect to some variable

Criterion-Related Tests

Estimate the extent to which specific sources of variation under defined conditions are contributing to the test scores

Domain Sampling Theory

A system of assumption about measurement and the extent to which item measures the trait

Latent-Trait Theory

Degree to which the measurement procedure measures the variables to measure

Validity

Degree of control among variables in the study (increased through random assignment)

Internal Validity

Generalizability of the research results (increased through random selection)

External Validity

Means of evaluating and integrating test data so that the clinician’s conclusions make accurate statements about the examinee

Conceptual Validity

A test appears to measure to the person being tested than to what the test actually measures

Face Validity

Designed to identify factors or specific variables that are typically attributes, characteristics, or dimensions on which people may differ

Factor Analysis

Who developed Factor Analysis?

Charles Spearman

Usefulness or practical value of testing to improve efficiency

Utility

Shed light on the relationship between identified variables and two naturally occurring groups

Discriminant Analysis

The average of all the raw scores

Mean

The middle score of the distribution

Median

Most frequently occurring score in the distribution

Mode

Equal to the difference between highest and the lowest score

Range

Interquartile range divided by 2

Semi-Quartile Range

Equal to the square root of the average squared deviations about the mean

Standard Deviation

Equal to the arithmetic mean of the squares of the differences between the scores in a distribution and their mean

Variance

Expressed in terms of the percentage of persons in the standardization sample who fa

Percentile

Dividing points between the four quarters in the distribution

Quartile

An example of this is a testing of people in different socio-economic status

One-Way ANOVA

An example of this is measuring the focus level of board reviewers during morning, afternoon, and night sessions of review

One-Way Repeated Measures

An example of this is people in different socio-economic status and the differences of their salaries and their eating habits

Two-Way ANOVA

Stage in the process that entails writing test items, revisions, formatting, setting scoring rules

Test Construction

A type of scale which involve classification or categorization based on one or more distinguishing characteristics

Nominal scale

A type of scale which is rank ordering on some characteristics is also permissible

Ordinal Scale

A type of scale which contains equal intervals, has no absolute zero point (even negative values have interpretation to it)

Ratio Scale

A type of scale which has true zero point

Interval Scale

A type of scale which indicate their own attitudes by checking how strongly they agree or disagree with carefully worded statements that range from very positive to very negative towards attitudinal object

Likert Scale

A type of scale which involves the collection of a variety of different statements about a phenomenon which are ranked by an expert panel in order to develop the questionnaire

Thurstone Scale

The type of statistics wherein methods are used to provide concise description of a collection of quantitative information

Descriptive Statistics

A type of statistics wherein methods are used to make inferences from observations of a small group of people known as sample to a larger group of individuals known as population

Inferential Statistics

The property of "moreness"

Magnitude

The difference between two points at any place on the scale has the same meaning as the difference between two other points that differ by the same number of scale units

Equal Intervals

A set of numbers who properties model empirical properties of the objects to which the numbers are assigned

Scale

Defined as a set of test scores arrayed for recording or study

Distribution

All scores are listed alongside the number of times each score occurred

Frequency Distribution

Nonmanipulated variable to designate groups

Quasi-Independent Variable

Bell-shaped, smooth, mathematically defined curve that is highest at its center

Normal Curve

Results from the conversion of a raw score into a number indicating how many SD units the raw score is below or above the mean of the distribution

Z-Scores

Used when two variables being correlated are continuous and linear

Pearson Correlation Coefficient

Presentation of a list of stimulus words, assessee responds verbally or in writing the first thing that comes into their minds

Word Association Test