chapter five

Question 1

raw score

Answer 1

the score you observe
aka observed score

Question 2

two types of score

Answer 2

norm-referenced score
criterion referenced score

Question 3

norm-reference score

Answer 3

test where an individual’s test performance is compared with the score of others

Question 4

criterion referenced score

Answer 4

whether a score is “good” or “bad” is based on whether it meets standards or not

Question 5

percentile

Answer 5

a point in a distribution of scores below which a given percentage of scores falls

Question 6

average aka mean

Answer 6

total by the set of numbers

Question 7

median

Answer 7

numbers in the middle

Question 8

mode

Answer 8

number that is most common

Question 9

variability

Answer 9

how scores are different from one another

Question 10

variance

Answer 10

how far numbers are from the mean (average)

Question 11

standard deviation

Answer 11

how disbursed the data is in relation to the mean

Question 12

asymptomatic

Answer 12

quality of the normal curve such that the tails never touch

Question 13

standard score

Answer 13

how many standard deviations a score is from the sample mean

Question 14

criterion referenced test

Answer 14

where there is a predefined level of performance used to evaluate outcomes

Question 15

standard error of measurement

Answer 15

quantify how much a test score varies from an individual from time 2 time, from test 2 test