Ch 11 Testing And Individual Differences

Question 0

Reliability

Answer 0

A property exhibited by a test that yields the same results over time

Question 1

Validity

Answer 1

A property exhibited by a test that measures what it purports to measure

Question 2

Face validity

Answer 2

Measures whether a test looks like it tests what supposed to test

Question 3

Content validity

Answer 3

A property exhibited by a test in which each item is representative of the larger body of knowledge about the subject that the test covers

Question 4

Item analysis

Answer 4

The process of examining each question on a test to see how it is related to the objectives being tested

Question 5

Criterion validity

Answer 5

A property exhibited by a test that accurately measures performance of the test taker against a specific learning goal

Question 6

Test - retest reliability

Answer 6

A property exhibited by a test on which people get about the same scores when they take the test more than once

Question 7

Split - half reliability

Answer 7

A measure of reliability in which a test is split into two parts and an individual’s score on both halves are compared