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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Sensitivity

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The ability of a test to accurately identify a persons who have a disorder.

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Validity

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The degree to which an assessment instrument measures what it is supposed to

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Test-Retest Validity

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The degree to which performance on a test is repeatable

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Standardization

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The degree to which procedures for test administration/scoring are clearly specified

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Reliability

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The ability of a test to demonstrate stable performance over time

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Specificity

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The ability of a test to accurately identify persons who do not have a disorder

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Criterion-Referenced Test

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Type of test also referred to as mastery based testing or competency testing

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Norm-referenced testing

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A tests whose purpose is to determine whether individual’s performance differs enough from ‘typical’ performance to suggest the need for further investigation

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Content Validity

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Items selected for a test are appropriate for the language area being evaluated and assess the area thouroughly.

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Interjudge reliability

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Agreement of two examiners on the occurence and type of response by a client and the scoring of such

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Mean

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A measure of central tendency in which all scores are added and the total is divided by the number of scores; arithmetic average

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z-score

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a type of standard score

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-1.5 to-2.5 SD

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clinically significant low scores

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True Score

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‘ideal’ score given no error in the measuring instrument

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Outliers

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scores that occur in the ‘tails’ of a normal curve

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Variance

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a measure of how scores cluster around the mean

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Normal Distribution

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Bell Shaped Curve

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Percentile

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percentage of scores that fall at or below a raw score

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Observed score

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actual raw score

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T/F The critical range consists of items of appropriate difficulty for an examinee, that is between the basal and ceiling

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True

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T/F In standardizing the PPVT, all individuals in the standardization sample demonstrated proficency in English

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True

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In calculating chronological age, if the child’s age is X years, X months, and 15+ days, the examiner should round up to the next month

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False

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T/F A child must get at least two training items correct in order to be capable of taking the PPVT

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True

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T/F The examiner is permitted to put the target word in a sentence when presenting the item to a child

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False

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T.F A word may be repeated if the child requests it

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True

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T/F “ Dont know” responses are not recorded on the test form

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False

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T/F Articles such as ‘a, an,the’ may be used when asking a child to ‘‘point to the ___’’

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False

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T/F The examiner is permitted to say things like “Listen carefully” or “look at this one, and this one, and this one” to help the child focus

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True

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T/F The basal set is the lowest item set administered that contains one or zero

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True

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Split Half Reliability

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internal consistency of a test

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cut off score

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a score used to identify a person who has a disorder compared to a person whom does not

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Critical range

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The difference between the basal and ceiling

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age equivalent

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Chronological age where raw and standard score is the average

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Face Validity

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does the test look valid from the average persons view point

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Ceiling

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The highest level

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Basal

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The lowest level

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Criterion Related Validity

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The content to which a test score is compare to other tests is equivalent

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Confidence interval

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A range of scores that has a true score in it

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Growth Value Score

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A measure of change of absolute performance over time

39
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1 SD percent population _____%

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68%

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2 SD percent population ___%

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95%

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What is the interval scale of Standard Score

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mean is 100

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What is the interval scale of percentile

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rank order

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What is the interval scale of stanine?

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equal interval scale mean is 5 SD is 2

44
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What is the interval scale of Normal Curve Equivalent

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SD is 21.6

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What is the interval scale of grade equivalent

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rank order- not interval

46
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What is the interval scale of age equivalent

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rank order- not interval

47
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What is the interval scale of Growth Scale Value

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Interval scale of measure

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T/F Growth Value Score compares the child’s performance overtime.

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True

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T/F Normal Curve Equivalent is based on percentile

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True

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T/F Percentiles are compared to fellow peers

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True

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If a child scores a consistent standard score are the delayed? Why?

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No the are are progressing with the peer group they are in.

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T/F Grade and Age equivalent are used to make a diagnosis or placement

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False. NEVER

53
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what are the Language dimensions of PPVT

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Semantics

Receptive Language

54
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what are the Language dimensions of PLS-5

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Total Language

55
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what are the Language dimensions of OWLS

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Total Language

56
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what are the Language dimensions of GFTA-2

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Articulation

57
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what is the age range for PPVT

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2:6-90+

58
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what is the age range for PLS-5

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0-7:11

59
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what is the age range for OWLS

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Written: 5-21:11
Oral: 3-21:11

60
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what is the age range for GFTA-2

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2-21

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What is the basal and ceiling for the PPVT

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Basal: lowest item set that contains 1 or 0

Ceiling : eight or more errors

62
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What is the basal and ceiling for the PLS-5

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Basal: 3 consecutive scores of 1
Ceiling: 6 consecutive scores of 0

63
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What is the basal and ceiling for the OWLS

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Basal:1 on 7 consecutive items
Ceiling: 0 on 4 consecutive items

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What is the basal and ceiling for the GFTA-2

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THERE IS NOT ONE!!!

65
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t-scores

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have a mean of 50 and a SD of 10

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Stanine

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a standard score bands that divide a distribution into 9 parts

67
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Why do you convert raw scores

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convert the score into a more meaningful type of number.

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