Assessment Flashcards
Appraisal
Process of assessing or estimating attributes
Free choice/free response
Respond in any manner
Forced choice
recognition items
NCE
Lie Scale
Human frailties we all possess
Difficulty Index
% of individuals who answered each item correctly
Dichotomous
two opposing choices
Normative
Each item is independent of all other items
Can be compared to “normal”
Inspative
I = Individual Traits
No comparison to the normal
Comparison to self only
Speed Test
Timed so typically do not finish (typing test)
Power Test
Power through with NO time limit
Achievement/Attainment
Max performance
Track and Field
Personality Test/Interest Inventory
Typical Performance
My personality is typical for this job.
Spiral Test
Questions spiral into more difficulty
Cyclical Test
Spiral circle several sections
Test Battery
Several measures used
A battery of assessments.
Horizontal
Parallel Forms of Same Test
Two versions of same test
Alternate forms of reliability
Counterbalancing
Validity
Test measures say what it measures
V = W - WHETHER it measures what it should
Let’s cheerlead for V as MVP of the game!
Reliability
How consistent a test measures an attribute
Is my husband reliable, providing consistent rewards for each request?
Physical Measure are…
more reliable than psychological ones
MMPI
personality test
What personality traits factor into diagnosis?
Standardized
WAIS
IQ
WAZ UP? MY IQ is low.
TAT
projective
Blooms presentation
Construct
Cannot directly measure
Social construct
Face Validity
Looks and appears to measure intended attribute
Taken at face value
High criterion/predictive validity
Job performance FUTURE
Concurrent Validity
Identical to other measures
Is a reliable test valid?
NO
Is a valid test reliable?
YES
V = Y
Test - Retest
Two test times, then correlate
Spit Half
split in half
Inter rater/observer
two raters, same test
Exit Exam
Highly reliable if Yi-An didn’t discriminate!!
Reliability Perfect Coefficient - Measurement
1.00
Perfect only happens in measurements
Reliability Perfect Coefficient - Counseling Test
.90
Reliability Coefficient Typical - Personality/Psychological Test
.70
.7 score is accurate and .3 is not
Reliability Coefficient Typical - Career
.8
Coefficient of Determination - Variance
Square the correlation
.7 .7 = .49
Galton
IQ Genetic
G - Genetic and unitary factor
Golly, how can you be so narrowminded??
Guilford
120 factors Intelligence
Convergent and Divergent
Liv and Patrick converged after being from Guilford.
Kuder-Richardson
Is performance on one, truly related to another?
K = C Come on!
Shrinkage
Cross is smaller than initial validation
Binet and Simon
Children - First intelligence test
Nina Simon is old!
Stanford-Binet IQ
Standardized
Stanford = Standardized
IQ Expressed by…
MA/CA x 100
Masters in Counseling = High IQ!
Binet Stress Test
50%/Half what others can answer
Don’t be stressed for the NCE, 50% grade will pass!
SAS
Standard Age Score
Standard - Binet ages
SAS - 2-adult
Wechsler IQ became popular because the Binet
didn’t seem best for adults
WISC
Best for children
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
C = Children
Sadly the gymnast children from Wisconsin were abused.
WAIS-IV
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
A = Adult
WPPSI-IV
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
P = Preschool
Weschler and Standford-Binet
SB5 = 100
SD = 15/16
Group Tests are
Quicker to administer
Group IQ Tests started
Army Alpha and Beta
Mom was smart and in the Army and Sororities
Ertl
Electronic Testing
E = Electronic
Cattell
Crystalized Intelligence
C = Crystalized
Crystalized Intelligence
Experiential, culture and educational
C = Content
Crystals are all things in one
Fluid Intelligence
Content Free
Someone runs their mouth fluidly without content.
Picture test
Jensen
Black v White Controversy
Jenny hates discrimination.
J and Jenson
Williams
Will you please accept that there is scientific racism?
Larry v Riles Case
Discrimination case
Projective Test
Neutral Stimuli
- Association
- Completion
- Construction
Project my anger on a neutral person who I associate with completing my house construction.
Ray Cattell
With a name like Ray, you must have personality like a 16 year old!
MBTI
Jung
Psychodynamic like tests…
Projective
Aptitude tests like predictive validity?
Yes!
Aptitude
Potential
Achievement
What has been learned/achieved thus far
Bender Gestalt II
If you have a car bender, check for neurological symptoms.
AARC
Assessment and Research
AR - Assessment and Research
NCE is an example of…
Achievement
Social Desirability
Answer based on what social would do
Social Loafing
More effort placed in goals when in a group
Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)
Accurate or inaccurate a test score
Terman
Americanized Binet
Terms Americans can understand - make it easy!
Difficulty Index
75/75 = 1
taking test and # correct
Too easy of a test!!
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Tests in Print
Databases for tests
Standard Scores - Love the Bell!
T Z Percentile SD Stanine
- Help to get the Bell Curve
Mean 3,2,1,2,3
Average = 5.5
Median 3,2,1,2,3
Middle = 2
1,2,2,3,3
Lowest to highest
Averege middle if 2
Mode
3,2,1,2,3
Most often seen
2 and 3
Can be bimodial
Measures of Central Tendency
Mean Median and Mode
SD
Dispersion of scores or variability
Z Score
Is sample different than mean population?
Need to know pop details.
T Score
You don’t know about the population, small sample
Connors
ADHD
Connor is a popular kid name and ADHD is common in kids.
Formative Evaluation/ Process Evaluation
Evaluation of a program during the program
Summative Evaluation
Outcome/end of a program