Set A Flashcards by Selina Camina

Standardization in testing basically refers to _____.

a. The use of trained examiners to evaluate performance
b. Measurement against a proven standard
c. Complete uniformity in administration
d. A printed test form

c. Complete uniformity in administration

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All psychologica tests fundamentally depend upon the measurement of _____.

a. Samples of behaviors
b. Mental processes
c. Intellectual constructs
d. Traits

a. Samples of behaviors

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Compared with the Army Alpha, the Army Beta test placed more emphasis on _____.

a. Verbal Questions
b. Non-Verbal Questions
c. Covert dispositions or behaviors
d. Overt dispositions or behaviors

b. Non-verbal questions

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If a Psychometrician constructs a test and finds out that the reliability coefficient that he obtained is not up to the standard that he wants, what can he do to increase it?

a. Administer the test again
b. Begin fromm scratch and redo all of the questions
c. Increase the length of the test
d. Change the wording of the test questions so as to provide clearer instructions

c. Increase the length of the test

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An individual is looking to enter a prestigious university. Upon applying, he was asked to take an exam along with 50 other applicants on a certain date. The exam given to him consisted of 50 questions of increasing difficulty and did not have a time limit. Based on this informaton, what kind of test was he most likely given?

a. Speed Test
b. Aptitude Test
c. Power Test
d. Structured Achievement Test

c. Power test

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The amount decreased from the original calculatted correlation between two variables.

a. Regression
b. Shrinkage
c. Intercept
d. Deviation

b. Shrinkage

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You wish to administer an intelligence test to a group of applicants. Howeve, the test has been constructed in America and you wish to make the scores more meaningful for local use. What is the most practical thing to do?

a. Obtain a different test that is more related to the local culture
b. Increase the number of locally relevant questions to the test
c. Renew the norms of the test
d. Administer the test but only to people who have been exposed to American culture

c. Renew the norms of the test

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The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is a test measuring general mental ability. It is used to diagnose intellectual and developmental deficiences in young children. This test is an example of:

a. Individual Intelligence Test
b. Group Aptitude Test
c. Individual Achievement Test
d. Individual Aptitude Test

a. Individual Intelligence Test

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A Psychometrician for a company wants to find out if an employee is a suitable candidate for training of a new skillset. She administers this type of test first, however, to find out if the employee has the potential to learn this new skill.

a. Achievement Test
b. Intelligence Test
c. Aptitude Test
d. Personality Tests

c. Aptitude test

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A researcher wishes to find out if a person’s love for food is related to a person’s love for his/her significant other. She finds a test measuring both of these constructs and then correlates the obtained scores to each other. She puts dots on a Cartesian plane to plot these scores. This graph is most likely a:

a. Bar Graph
b. Graph for Reresssion
c. Diagram of Correlation
d. Scatter Diagram

d. Scatter diagram

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A large coollection of items from which the constructor can derive the items to be included in the final test:

a. Item Collection
b. Item Pool
c. Drived Sources
d. Item Glossary

b. Item Pool

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In the Stanford-Bnet scale, tthe highest year level at which the subject successfully passes all tests.

a. Biserial Age
b. Basal Age
c. Mental Age
d. Intelligence Quotient

b. Basal Age

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A test you made wants to measure a very abstract concept which needs to be properly and fully defined. TThe type of validity you would wish to achieve is:

a. Content Validity
b. Consruct Validity
c. Face Validity
d. Discriminant Validity

b. Consruct Validity

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If a scale’s values do not indicate how much more of a particular physical attribute there is, then that scale is most likely a/an _____ scale.

a. Nominal Scale
b. Ordinal Scale
c. Ratio Scale
d. Interval Scale

a. Nominal Scale

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In Regression Analysis, when the predicted score is 8 and the actual score is 14, 6 in this case is called the:

a. Intercept
b. Slope
c. Regression Coefficient
d. Residual

d. Residual

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When a student come to you for career counseling and asks if she could tae a test to find out what field she would be good at, what kind of test would you recommend?

a. Interest Inventory
b. Aptitude Test
c. Intelligence Test
d. Structure Personality Test

b. Aptitude Test

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This is a measure of the consistency of scores between different raters.

a. Parallel Forms Reliability Coefficient
b. Test-Retest Reliability Coefficient
c. Kappa Statistic
d. Inter-Rater Validity Statistic

c. Kappa Statistic

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A psychologist conducting research about the correlation between students’ classroom rank and their ranking of priorities in the household wiill use the following correlation coefficient:

a. Phi Coefficient
b. Tetrachloric r
c. Spearman’s Rho
d. Point Biserial Correlation

c. Spearman’s Rho

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A magazine states that poor eating habits causes people to have a higher chance of having divorce. This exemplifies the

a. Correlation-Causation Problem
b. Restricted Range
c. Third Variable
d. Cross Validity Issue

a. Correlation-Causation Problem

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To administer annual routine tests to individuals belonging to an organization without their official verbal or written consent is ______.

a. Ethical
b. Unethical
c. Completely dependent on whether or not the individuals refure to take the test
d. Subject to PAP investigation

a. Ethical

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You calcuulated for the item difficulty of a true-false item and obtained the value of 0.5. What is the best thing to do with the item?

a. Keep it in the test since 0.5 is a near-perfectt difficulty index
b. Remove the item in the test because of the high probabiility of guessing it right
c. Return it to the ittem pool and replace it with anothr true-false question
d. Use it as a basis for future item construction

b. Remove the item in the test because of the high probabiility of guessing it right

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Dogs of the same family were randomly assigned to two groups marked as “trained” and “untrained”. The researcher called for random experimeters to take the “trained” ad “untrained” dogs and teach them a few tricks. It was observed that the dogs marked “trained” were perceived to learn the tricks faster as compared to the “untrained “ dogs. This is an example of _____ in the research setting.

a. Hawthorne Effect
b. Acquiscence
c. Rosenthal Effect
d. Contrast Effect

c. Rosenthal Effect

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Administering intelligence tests in a neutral tone without any reinforcements is done because:

a. Rapport, administrator familiarity and reinforcement increases the scores of test takers
b. Rapport and administrator familiarity decreases the scores of test takers
c. Reinforcement decreases scores while rapport and familiarity increases scores
d. Reinforcement and rapport increases while administrator familiarity decreases scores

a. Rapport, administrator familiarity and reinforcement increases the scores of test takers

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Say you wanted to correlate passing the Psychometrician Board Exam and tthe students’ grades during their undergraduate years, whatt kind of correlation are you trying to establish?

a. Point Biserial r
b. Biserial r
c. Tetrachloric r
d. Phi

b. Biserial r

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Passing and Failing the Bar Exam fo Law is whatt kind of data in relation to establishing correlation? a. Artificial Dichotomous b. True Dichotomous c. Continuous d. Normative Data

a. Artificial Dichotomous

You hired someone as an observer for a research you are planning to publish for your thesis paper. You ended up frustrated, however, since upon receiving the observation scorees of the person you hired, he ended up rating the different behaviors inaccurately. This phenomenon can best be attributed to: a. Reactivity b. Drift c. Acquiscence d. Insubordination

b. Drift

This same observer onlyy rated the behaviors properly when you were actuallyy in the experiemental setting, observing him. This effect of changing one's way of atiing while under supervision is also called: a. Drfit b. Acquiscence c. Hawthorne Effect d. Reactivity

d. Reactivity

What kind of data do psychotherapists mosty rely on? a. Normative Data b. Idiographic Data c. Nommothetic Data d. Biodata

b. Idiographic Data

Your friend, because of a bet you made, pretended that was a woman and went to the hospital to get a pregnancy test. To his surprise, his resuults came back positive. Since he was a male, it was surmised that he actually had prostatte cancer. In this case, if the doctor didn't know he was a man and said that he was preganant, the doctor made what type fof error? a. Type I Error b. Type II Error c. True Negative d. False Negative

a. Type I Error

Which of the following methods woulld most surely establish convergent validity if you wanted to, say, make a test attempting to measure marital success? a. Correlate scores of a Sexual Promiscuity scale and yoour Marital Success scale b. Correlate the scores of your Marital Success Scale with Marital Satisfaction Scale c. Correlate the scores of your Marital Success Scale between married couples and divorced couples d. Ensure that your Marital Success Scale's scores are consistent over time

b. Correlate the scores of your Marital Success Scale with Marital Satisfaction Scale

This method of acquiring reliabiility is preferable since the specific method has the ability to determine whether or not the scores obtained are consistent over time and that the items that you used are internally consistent. a. Test-Retest Method b. Kappa Method c. Split-Half Metthod d. Parallel Foms Method

d. Parallel Foms Method

IIn Raven's Progressive Matrices, these are the matrices intended for children. a. Normal Progressive Matrices b. Children's Progressive Matrices c. Colored Progressive Matrices d. Beginner's Progressive Matrices

c. Colored Progressive Matrices

Items thatt convey two or more ideas at the same time is usually called a _____ item. a. Unfocused b. Double-Barelled c. Sawed-off d. Unclear

b. Double-Barelled

Your client obtained a z-score of 1. Convert this raw score into a T-score. a. 69 b. 60 c. 600 d. 55

b. 60

Say you want too convert that same z-score into a standardized score with a mean of 48 and a standard deviation of 12. a. 72 b. 60 c. 120 d. 25

b. 60

The Regression Line is obtained using a principle known as: a. The Principle of Least Squares b. The Principle of Acquired Deviations c. The Principle of Closest Proximities d. The Principle of the Best-Fitting Line

a. The Principle of Least Squares

In finding the residuals using your graph during Regression Analysis, the actual scores are obttained from the ______ while tthe predicted scores are obttained from the ____. a. Regression Line, Scatter Diagram b. Scatter Diagram, Regression Line c. Line of Correlation, Scatter Diagram d. Regression Line, Line of Correlation

b. Scatter Diagram, Regression Line

When you use thhe Teest-Retest method in acquiring reliability, you should always take into account ___________, or the possibility that tthe initial test-taking session will infuence tthe scores of the test-takers in he second test-taking session. a. The Rosenthal Effect b. The TThird Variable c. The Carryover Effect d. Acquiescence

c. The Carryover Effect

Why is it still advisable to take intoo account Face Validity when constructing the questions for your test? a. Because Face validity has a direct correlation with Construct and Content Validity b. Because Face Validity has a direct correlation between Content Validity c. Because Face validity improves prospects of establishing Discriminant Validity d. Because Face validity influences the test-takers' willingness to take your test

d. Because Face validity influences the test-takers' willingness to take your test

The correlaton between a test and a criterion to rpove that your test measures what it intends to measure it usually called the: a. Validity Coefficient b. Construct Validity c. Regression Coefficient d. Estimation of Validity

a. Validity Coefficient

The final quartile is usually abbreviated as: a. Q1 b. Q2 c. Q3 d. Q4

c. Q3

When we say that the test yyou constructed is "psychomentrically sound" we usually refer to: a. Your test's reliability and validity b. YYour test's reliability c. Your test's validity d. Your test's utility

a. Your test's reliability and validity

As opposed to psychometric soundness, _________ refers to the practical value of your testingm or how useful it is in improvingg efficiency. a. Test Discriminability b. Test Applicability c. Test Utility d. Test Practicality

c. Test Utility

A coefficiet of determination of 0.25 was obtained for variable X and Y. TThis means that: a. 25% if the variance in X is not attributable to Y b. We can explain 25% of the variance in X using Y c. We can explain 75% of the variance in X using Y d. 75% of tthe variance in X is attributabble to Y

b. We can explain 25% of the variance in X using Y

Providing emergency psychological services during the event of a calamity even if we are not formally trained to do so is: a. Ethical b. Unethical c. Subject to review by the PAP d. Psychometrically Sound

a. Ethical

In delegating our psychometric work to others, which of the following is not a necessary requirement of the person we are delegating our work to: a. The person must not have a multiple relationship with the client we are serving b. The person must have adequate training, experience and education for the task at hand c. The personn must have adequate supervision for the task at hand d. The person mustt ensure primary and only focus on the client h/she is serving

d. The person mustt ensure primary and only focus on the client h/she is serving

Jake, knowing that the administration of group dynamic activities for a certain community is unavailable, proceeds to do his own research and read up on the various group dynamic activities and their underlying processes before conducting said activities on this community. Given that Jake has no formal training on group dynamic activitties beforehand, his actions are considered: a. Ethical b. Unethical c. Subject to review by the PAP d. 69

a. Ethical

When talking about the Principle of Integrity nin the code of ethics, this implies that psychologists ad psychometricians: a. Have a responsibilitty to increase current psychological knowledge b. Have a responsibility to adequately train its members in their ethical responsibilities and required competencies c. Have a responsibility to promote the highest ethical ideas in the scientific, professional and educational activities of its members d. Have a responsibilitty to have honest, trutthful, open and accurate communications

d. Have a responsibilitty to have honest, trutthful, open and accurate communications

When we see a fellow psychologist violating ur code of ethics without inflicting substantial harm to another person or organization, the initial and most practical intervention we can do is: a. Inform the psychologist of his violation of the code of ethics and use informed methods of resolving the issue provided that it does not violate rules of confidentiality b. Send a report to the PAP regarding tthe psychologist's unethical actions subbject for review c. Let the psychologist be, but remain vigilant for futture possible violation in the coode of ethics. After 3 consecutive violations, provide the necessary evidence to prove that this psychologist violated the code of ethics d. Request to take over psychological services where the psychologist violated the code of ethics

a. Inform the psychologist of his violation of the code of ethics and use informed methods of resolving the issue provided that it does not violate rules of confidentiality

Which of the following situations does not constitue having a "multiple relationship" with one's client? a. The psychologist is closely associated or related to the client b. The psychologist promises to enter into a relationship with a client in the future c. The psychologist promises to enter into a future relationship with a person closely related to the client d. None of the above

d. None of the above

Which of the following is not an inluencing factors in detrmining the usefulness of a test? a. Psychometric Soundness b. Test Discriminability c. Economic ad Non-Economic Costs d. Test Benefits

b. Test Discriminability

When we talk ab noneconomic befits of the use and administratin of a psychological test, we can refer to: a. Reduction in work turnover b. Increase intotal earnings fo a particular fiscal year c. Increase in investments made to the copany one uses the test for d. Increase in worker salary

a. Reduction in work turnover

A family of technique that entail a cost-benefit analysis designed to yield information relevant to a decision aut the usefulness and/or practical value of a tool of assessment. a. Psychometric Analysis b. Utility Analysis c. Benefist and Practicability Analysis d. Test Usefulness Analysis

b. Utility Analysis

In the Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser formula, utility gain in the equation can b chnaged into _________ to esimate increases in work output instead of financial gains. a. Work Gain b. Outpu Gain c. Productivity Gain d. Qualitative Gain

c. Productivity Gain

The cut score or the passing grade for th Psychometrician board exams (75% ofhe highest scores) is an example of what kind of cut score? a. Fixed Cut Score b. Normative Cut Score c. Relative Cut Score d. Criterion Cut Score

b. Normative Cut Score

To forms of a test that have different items but measure the sae factor. a. Multiple Forms b. Equivalent Forms c. Form A and Form B d. Derived Forms

b. Equivalent Forms

You want to correlate Passing of the Psychometrician Board Exam and Passing of the Medi Board Exam by medical students who took both the licensure exam for psychometricians and the medical board exam. Wha kind of correlation are you trying to acquire? a. Biserial r b. Tetrachloric r c. Phi Coefficient d. Point Biserial r

b. Tetrachloric r

Your test for industral settings was very effective in increasing a company's product output in a given year. You can say that your test has a high: a. Correlation Coefficient b. Vailidty Cofficient c. Reliability Coefficient d. Utility Coefficient

d. Utility Coefficient

The Spearman Bown Formula is used for: a. Re-estimating the reliability of test when you use the split-half method b. Re-estimating the reliability of the test when you use the test-ret method c. Eimating the validity between tests if there had been no measurement error d. Estimating the inter-rater reliabiy to arrive at an accurate kappa statistic

a. Re-estimating the reliability of test when you use the split-half method

TTe correction foattenuation is statistical procedure used to calculate for the __________ between tests if there had been no measurement error. a. Inter-Rater Reliability b. Correlation c. Validity Coefficient d. Utility Coefficient

b. Correlation

It is the point of let squares. a. Median b. Mean c. Mode d. Reliability Coefficient

b. Mean

Pioneered the use of empirical mehods to establish the meaning of test responses in personality tests. a. MMPI b. 16PF c. RPM d. DAT

a. MMPI

IQ Scales are an example of __________ scales. a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio

b. Ordinal

Another name given to the T-score a. McComick's T b. McHarmond's T c. McCall's T d. McDick's T

c. McCall's T

The point at which the regression line crosses the x or y axis. a. Residual b. Intercept c. Slope d. Kurtosis

b. Intercept

The standard detion of the residuals in regression analysis. a. Intercept b. Residual Deviation c. Standard Error of Estimate d. Residual Variance

c. Standard Error of Estimate

In general, the_________ the item discriminability index, the better the item. a. Higher b. Lower c. More reliable d. More valid

a. Higher

The higher the number of items, the _________ the reliability. a. Larger b. Bigger c. Shorter d. Smaller

a. Larger

The type of scale of measurement which is the easiest tomathematically manipulate is the: a. Ordinal b. Nominal c. Interval d. Ratio

d. Ratio

If the calculated regression coefficient is 4.6, this means that: a. Every time x inceases by 1, y increases by 4.6 b. When you predict using the regression line, you have a stand error of around 4.6 c. The regression line begins at 4.6 ine x or y axis d. The pearson correlation obtained between both variables equate to 4.6

a. Every time x inceases by 1, y increases by 4.6

When you correlate the scores of your Happiness Scale to a Marital Satisfaction Scale and found that they have a high correlation, you were able to establish: a. Concurrt and Inter-Rater Reliability b. Content Validity and Discriminat Validity c. Dcriminat Validity and Concurrent Validity d. Convergent and Concurrent Validity

d. Convergent and Concurrent Validity

Someone goes into your office inquiring about whether or not he could administer a particular test to his fifth grade students, what is the first question you should ask him? a. Are you a licensed Psychometrician or Psyhologist? b. Where do you plan onusng th data obtained? c. What is the obtained Reliability Coefficient of the test? d. Do you swear to not use the data for any malicious means?

a. Are you a licensed Psychometrician or Psyhologist?

A student of yours obtained a score of 89/100 in a quiz. After calculating, you found outhat he has obtained a percentile rank score of 20. What can you conclude from the data? a. There mut be something wrong since 89/100 is a relatively high score, and it is impossible for it to be equal to PR20 b. There is a high probability that the student cheated on the test c. The test you administered is easy d. Your client scored higher than 80% of the test-takers

c. The test you administered is easy

Everyone in a certain class scored high on the exam you just adinistered (90/100 and above). You can most safely asume that most of the items in yor test have a __________ difficulty index. a. High b. Low c. Middling d. None of the above. The information given is insufficient

a. High

The principal of a particular school wants to prchase a test meant to ge a general idea of the personal dispositions of students before they enroll for the next school year. This test will subsequently be administered by the school psychometrician. What kind o test would you suggest? a. Aptitude and Intelligence b. Any type of personality test c. Structured Personality Tests d. Draw-a-Person to ensure that the client's attention will be maintained

c. Structured Personality Tests

If the results of an examination are negatively skewed, the exam questions were likely: a. Difficult b. Easy c. Biased d. Has a wide variety in scores

b. Easy

A test constructor wants to isolate the most prominent variables relating to the construct "Eating Preferences". What does he need to do to get these variables? a. Do factor analysis b. Construct an item pool related to the construct c. Establsh test reliability d. Establish test validity

a. Do factor analysis

It is a measurement device or technique used to quantify behavior or to aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior. a. Items b. Psychological Assessment c. Psychological Testing d. Psychological Test

d. Psychological Test

The most significant reason why people administer group tests: a. Being able to have a deeper unerstanding of your client's behavior b. Being able to administer to a larger group, and thus more people, at once c. Having the opportunity to exerience and simulate an ideal testing environment d. Learning the difference between various personality scales

b. Being able to administer to a larger group, and thus more people, at once

You are working as a Psychometrician for a school and a client of yours scored poorly in a particular intelligee test. As a result, the parent of the test-taker wants to find out whhe contents of the test was so that he/she could better understand the results of her child's test. What is the most appropriate response to this request? a. Give her just a few ofthe test questions to help her understand the test better b. Provide her with a copy of the test materials so that she cold assess which areas her child can improve upon c. Do not provide her any of the test materials d. Show the contents of the test materials but only after making sure that it is done in a stictly private location

c. Do not provide her any of the test materials

You were asked to familiarize yourself to a generalized intelligence test which will be used as basis for selection to the university you are working in. You want to find out if the intelligence test is internally consistent. What aspect of the test are you going to look at? a. Inter-Rater Reliability b. Test-Retest Reliability c. Content Validity d. Split-Half Reliability

d. Split-Half Reliability

A teacher wants to find out how much the scores of the students in a classroom vary from each other. The best statistical measure for this would be: a. Median b. Mean c. Z-score d. Standard Deviation

d. Standard Deviation

A person who is interested in purchasing the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test should understand that it is a type _____ test and thus can only be administered by ____________. a. A; Psychometricians and Psychologists b. C; Psychologists and Psychiatrists c. C; Psychometricians and Psychologists d. C; Psychologists

d. C; Psychologists

A test was given at two separate times but with the same sample of test-takers to establish the reliability of a test. Which method did the test-constructor employ? a. Item Sampling Method b. Test-Retest Method c. Split-Half Method d. Parallel Forms Method

b. Test-Retest Method

One of the earlist uses of Psychological Testing in the east (in China) as well as in the westt (in the USA) was in the selection of ___________. a. Military Combatants b. Government Employees/Officials c. Immigrants d. Medical Practitioners

b. Government Employees/Officials

Personality tests where the respondents are asked to complete sentences using their own words are classified as: a. Projective Tests b. Structured Personality Tests c. Intelligence Tests d. Speed Tests

a. Projective Tests

He translated the Binet-Simon Scale into English a. Lewis Terman b. Robert Yerkes c. Howard Stanford d. Henry Goddard

d. Henry Goddard

If yyou were to make a framework of prediction with regards to Perceived Physical Attractiveness and Promiscuity, you must first establish the _________ between these two variables. a. Reliability b. Validity c. Utility d. Correlation

d. Correlation

Evidence obtained to demonstrate that a test measures something different from what other avaiilable tests measure. a. Convergent Evidence b. Factor Analysis c. Divergent Evidence d. Biserial Correlation

c. Divergent Evidence

This is a client's right to keep the results of his test from being released to the public. a. Right to Privacy b. Right to Confidentiality c. Right to Suffrage d. Right to Loyalty

b. Right to Confidentiality

In test-decision analysis, the proportion of cases in which a test accurately predicts success or failure. a. Differential Validity b. Test Discrimination c. Hit Rate d. Legitimacy

c. Hit Rate

A metthod of calculating for the test's item discriminability wherein you correlate the performance of each test taker to his/her performance on the whole test. a. Phi Coefficient Method b. Extreme Groups Method c. Point Biserial Method d. The Rho Coefficient Method

c. Point Biserial Method

An item format in which the respondent is shown a 100 mm line and asked to answer by pointing out which part of the line represents their answer for a particular item. a. Q-Sort b. Likert Scale c. Category Scale d. Visual Analogue Scale

d. Visual Analogue Scale

The highest score obtained on a test a. Test Flooring b. Test Ceiling c. Test Difficulty d. Test Discriminability

b. Test Ceiling

If your teacher discusses about fractions for most of the week and then gives you a test about fractions before the weekend starts, that test can be called a: a. Achievement Test b. Intelligence Test c. Aptitude Test d. Item Discrimination Test

a. Achievement Test

A company compares employees' scores to an established standard to determine whether or not they deserve to stay in the company. You can thus say that ttheir performance assessment methods are: a. Norm-referenced b. Criterion-referenced c. Standardized d. Empirical

b. Criterion-referenced

At age 5, Kyrie has about the same height as the other children with the same age. At age 12, Kyrie still has about the same height as the other children her age. Height is thus a characteristic that ____________ well. a. Synthesizes b. Tracks c. Correlates d. Relativizes

b. Tracks

Individuals who have severe mental disorders are mostly administered these type of tests. a. Structured Personality Tests b. Intelligence Tests c. Projective Tests d. Aptitude Tests

c. Projective Tests

You wanted to determine the effects of marital satisfaction to the number of chiildren tthat couples will be having in the future. To show that you were really able to measure "marital satisfaction", you compared the results of your test to another test which also measures marital satisfaction. Aside from Convergent Validity, yyou were also able to acquire: a. Predictive Validity b. Concurrent Validity c. Face Validity d. Correlative Validity

b. Concurrent Validity

Associated with the Differential Psychoology movement bbecause he attempted to establish differences between individuals. a. A. Wilhem Wundt b. J.E. Herbart c. Francis Galton d. M. Winston

c. Francis Galton

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