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1
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What is the term given to describe questions or tasks tat make-up a test?

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Item

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To give a test score meaning, test developers have resorted to what?

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Norm referencing

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3
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Why has the use of norm referencing has been controversial in some circles?

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Because the comparison process is thought to be demeaning it as having adverse motivational consequences. It says that the individual only has importance when considered in the context of other individuals

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What are the two typical types of transformation of raw scores?

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Linear - the addition of a constant to all raw scores

Non-linear - when the produced plot is not a straight line

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5
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What is the most common form of linear transformation?

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z-score

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What is the most common form of non-linear transformation?

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Percentiles

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What is the formula for a z-score?

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Subtract the mean from the score and divide the result by the standard deviation (X - M / SD)

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Why is a z-score useful?

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Because if we can assume a distribution of scores is normal, the properties of the normal curve can be invoked in interpreting a z-score

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9
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Why are transformed scores not expressed as z-scores?

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Because they are untidy numbers, with negative and positive signs, and decimal fractions following them

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What is the most common form of interpretation of a score on a psychological test?

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Comparing it with the scores that similar individuals obtain on the test

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11
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Z-scores were first applied to intelligence tests by who?

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Wechsler

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Why did Wechsler choose to set the mean for his deviation IQ at 100?

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Because people thought from Binet’s test of intelligence that the average IQ was 100

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13
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Standardised scores have a mean of ___ and an SD of ___

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10; 3

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T-scores are used for what?

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Expressing aggregate responses on each of the subscales of a teat

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T-scores have a mean of ____ and an SD of ____

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50; 10

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16
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A T-score of ____ or above is considered unusually high

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65

17
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Cattell’s variation of the Z-score for his 16 PF had a mean of ____ and an SD of____ and is called a ____ score

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5.5; 2; sten

18
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Just a note, don’t confuse percentile with percentage score

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Y

19
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What is a percentile equivalent?

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The percentile score that expresses the raw score

20
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What are the 3 ways that a percentile can be determined?

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Graphic interpolation; arithmetic calculation; reading from the tables of the normal curve

21
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How are normalised standard scores calculated?

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By determining the percentiles for scores in the raw score distribution and then to calculate the Z-scores that correspond to the percentiles using the tables of a normal curve

22
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The stamina scale has a mean of ____ and an SD of ____

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5; approx 2

23
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What is the stanine scale?

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Breaks scores up into bands between 1-9 and groups them based on percentiles

24
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There is a link between the linear and non-linear transformations of raw scores in popular use, and that link is the ____

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Normal distribution

25
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Binet and Simon organised their first intelligence test in order of what?

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Difficulty

26
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How is an appropriate norm group is determined?

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Through judgement

27
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Ensuring that the mean and standard deviation that are determined for the norm groups are accurate, is based on what two rules of thumb?

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  • the manner by which the sample is drawn

- the size of the sample

28
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Wechsler’s method of sampling for his intelligence test most closely resembled with sampling method?

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Stratified sampling

29
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As sample size _____ the denominator becomes _____ and the standard error _____

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Increases; Larger; Smaller

30
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Define raw score, scaled score, standard score, standardised score, and percentile

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Y

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