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1
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in response to a need to assess mastery in an emerging
occupation or profession; Can be traced to thoughts

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Test
Conceptualization

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IQ tests; Comparing test takers to each
other

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Norm-Referenced

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Licensing exams; Mastery of particular material or skills

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Criterion-Referenced

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to evaluate whether they should be
included in the final form of the
instrument; Attempts to determine how best to measure a targeted construct

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PILOT WORK

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5
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process of setting rules of assigning numbers in measurement

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Scaling

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6
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known for developing methodologically sound scaling methods

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L.L. Thurstone

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7
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Measures test performance as function of age

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Age Based Scale

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Measures test performance as function of grade level

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Grade Based Scale

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9
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transforms raw scores into scores ranging from 1 to 9

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Stanine Scale

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10
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Unidimensional

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Measures one trait or dimension

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Multidimensional

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Measures multiple traits or dimensions

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Comparative

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Compares test taker’s to others

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Categorical

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Places test takers into discrete categories

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14
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grouping of words, statements,
or symbols on which judgments of the
strength of a particular trait, attitude, or emotion indicated by the test taker

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Rating Scale

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15
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The final test score is obtained by
summing the ratings across all the items

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Summative Scale

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16
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Each item presents the test-taker with the five alternative responses, usually on an agree-disagree/ approve-disapprove continuum

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Likert Scale

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17
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Test takers are presented with pairs of stimuli which they are asked to
compare

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Method of paired comparisons

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18
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One method of sorting, entails judgments of a stimulus in comparison with every other stimulus on the scale

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Comparative Scale

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Stimuli are placed into one of two or more alternative categories that differ
quantitatively with respect to some continuum

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Categorical Scale

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20
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scaling method yielding ordinal-level measures; Items on it range sequentially from weaker to stronger expressions of the attitude, belief, or feeling being measured

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Guttman Scale (Scalogram Analysis)

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21
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Obtain data presumed to be interval in natures; Direct estimation method; no need to transform responses into another scale.

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Thurstone’s Equal Appearing Intervals Method

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22
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well from which items or will not be drawn from the final version of the test

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Item Pool

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23
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Variable such as the form, plan, structure, arrangement, and layout

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Item Format

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24
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Require test taker to select a response from a set of alternative responses

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Selected-response format

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25
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Require test takers to supply or to create the correct answer

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Constricted-response format

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26
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requires the examinee to provide a word or phrase that completes a sentence

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Completion Item

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27
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completion item; can be a word, a term, a sentence, or a paragraph

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Short answer item

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28
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requires the test taker to respond to a question by writing a composition

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Essay item

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29
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the higher the score on the test, the higher the test-taker is on the ability, trait, or other characteristic that the rest purports to measure

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Cumulative scoring

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30
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category scoring; responses earn credit toward placement in a particular class or category with other test-takers whose pattern of responses is
presumably similar in some way

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Class scoring

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31
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comparing a test-taker’s score on one scale within a test to another scale within that same test

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Ipsative scoring

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32
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administered to a representative sample of test-takers under conditions that simulate the conditions that the final version of the test

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Test Tryout

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33
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reliable and valid; helps to discriminate test takers

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good test item

34
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test data will undergo different types of statistical scrutiny

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ITEM ANALYSIS

35
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measure of proportion of examinees who answered the item correctly

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ITEM-DIFFICULTY INDEX

36
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obtained by calculating the proportion of the total number of test takers who answered the item correctly

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p-value

37
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.4-.6

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good range

38
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applicable for personality tests but instead of correct answer, it only measures the percent of people who said yes/agreed to the item

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Item-Endorsement Index

39
Q

statistic designed to provide
an indication of the degree to
which a test is measuring what
it purports to measure

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ITEM-VALIDITY INDEX

40
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provides an indication of the internal consistency of a test; the higher this index, the greater the test’s internal
consistency

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ITEM-RELIABILITY INDEX

41
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indicates how adequately an item separates or discriminates between high scorers and low scorers on an entire test

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ITEM DISCRIMINATION INDEX

42
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discrimination index of 0.3 or greater

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highly discriminating

43
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can play a role in decisions about
which items are working well and
which items are not

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ITEM CHARACTERISTIC CURVES

44
Q

Basically hard to detect and no such method has achieved universal
acceptance

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Guessing

45
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A biased item is an item that favors one particular group of examinees in relation to another when differences in
group ability are controlled

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Item Fairness

46
Q

The closer an item is to the end of the
test, the more difficult it may appear to be

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Speed Test

47
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designed to explore how individual test items work

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Nonstatistical procedures

48
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designed to shed light on the test-taker’s thought
processes during the administration of a test

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Thinking Aloud Test Administration

49
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revision typically involves rewording
items, deleting items, or creating new items

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Expert Panels

50
Q

study of test items, typically
conducted during the test development process in which items are examined for fairness to all prospective test-takers and for the presence of offensive language, stereotypes, or situations

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sensitivity review

51
Q

revalidation of a test on a sample of
test takers other than those on whom test performance was originally found to be a valid predictor of some criterion

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Cross-validation

52
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a test validation process conducted on
two or more tests using the same sample of test takers

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Co-validation

53
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multifaceted capacity that manifests
itself in different ways across the lifespan

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Intelligence

54
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believed that the most intelligent people are those equipped with the best sensory abilities

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Francis Galton

55
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write about the components of intelligence (reasoning, judgment,
memory, and abstraction)

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Alfred Binet

56
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stated that intelligence is the aggregate
or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment.

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David Wechsler

57
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research focused on the
development of cognition in children; Intelligence may be conceived of as a kind of evolving biological adaptation to the outside world.

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Jean Piaget

58
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an organized action or mental
structure that, when applied to the world, leads to knowing or understanding

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Schema

59
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actively organizing new information so that it fits in with what already is perceived and thought

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Assimilation

60
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changing what is already perceived or thought so that it fits with new information

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Accommodation

61
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Child develops ability to exhibit goal-directed, intentional behavior; develops the capacity to coordinate and integrate input from the five senses;

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Sensorimotor Period

62
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Child’s understanding of concepts is based largely on what is seen; the child’s comprehension of a situation, an event, or an object is typically based on a single, usually the most obvious, perceptual aspect of the stimulus

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Preoperational Period

63
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Reversibility of thought now appears

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Concrete Operations Period

64
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Increased ability to abstract and to deal with ideas independent of his or her own experience

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Formal Operations Period

65
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proposes that intelligence is
composed of two factors: general intelligence “g” and specific intelligence “s”

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Charles Spearman

66
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formulated a framework
wherein the 150 different mental
intellectual abilities were organized
within three dimensions –
Operations, Content, and Products

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Joy Paul Guilford’s Structure of Intellect Theory (SI)

67
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stated that every individual possesses different levels of seven primary mental abilities: word fluency,
verbal factor, numerical factor,
inductive reasoning, memory, spatial
visualization, and perceptual speed

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Louis Leon Thurstone’s Multiple
Factor Theory of Intelligence

68
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introduced the idea of having multiple
intelligence which consists of: logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic,
linguistic, musical, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal

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Gardner’s Theory on Multiple Intelligence

69
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differentiates between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence

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Cattell and Horn’s Theory on
Intelligence

70
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ability to think on the spot and solve new problems; ability to
understand relationships between various concepts and solve novel problem

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fluid intelligence

71
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knowledge and skills that
accumulate and develop through
learning and experience; application of learned information, comprehension, and wisdom acquired over time

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crystallized intelligence

72
Q

the chronological age equivalent of
one’s performance on a test or a
subtest

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Mental Age

73
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assess and measure intelligence in children; among the earliest intelligence tests developed by psychologist Alfred Binet and his colleague Theodore Simon

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Binet Scales

74
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designed to measure a person’s cognitive abilities across various domains

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Wechsler Tests

75
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Primarily designed for individuals aged 16 and older, the WAIS assesses intellectual functioning in adults

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

76
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geared toward assessing the intellectual abilities of children aged 6 to 16 years

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)

77
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Developed for children between the ages of 2 years 6 months and 7 years 7 months; measures intellectual functioning in young children

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Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)

78
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non-verbal intelligence test; designed
to assess an individual’s ability to perceive and think clearly, abstractly, and solve problems without relying on language or cultural knowledge; developed by John C. Raven

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Raven’s Progressive Matrices

79
Q

widely used assessment tool
designed to assist in self exploration, vocational exploration, and career development

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Occupational Aptitude Survey
and Interest Schedule

80
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