Introduction

Question 1

The Ethical Standards for the Distribution of Psychological Tests and Diagnostic Aids (1950) has a 3-tier system of test user qualifications:

Level A: May be administered by _________________

Level B: Requires some ______________ of test construction and use, and completion of ___________________

Level C: Requires at least a _______________ degree in Psychology and at least ___ year of supervised experience under a psychologist

Answer 1

• Nonpsychologists
• Technical knowledge
• Supporting education/coursework
• Master’s
• 1

Question 2

_____________ refers to the degree to which test scores are free from the effects of measurement error, while ________________ refers to the degree to which a test measures what it was designed to measure.

Answer 2

• Reliability
• Validity

Question 3

A test is _____________________ when “the testee’s words and acts, the apparatus, and scoring have been fixed so the scores collected at different times and places are fully comparable, and it has been administered under standard conditions to a representative sample for the purpose of establishing norms.

Answer 3

Standardized.

Question 4

_________________ scores permit comparisons between an examinee’s test performance and the performance of individuals in the norm group.

Answer 4

Norm-referenced scores.

Bonus: Percentile-ranks and standard scores.

Question 5

__________________ scores are also known as ____________-referenced and content-referenced scores, and permit interpreting an examinee’s test performance in terms of what the examinee can do or knows with regard to a clearly defined content domain or in terms of performance or status on an external criterion (e.g., predicted rating on a measure of job performance).

Answer 5

• Norm-referenced
• Domain-referenced

Question 6

___________________ scores are provided by ipsative scales, which permit intraindividual comparisons - i.e., comparisons of an examinee’s score on one scale with his/her scores on other scales.

Answer 6

Self-referenced.

Question 7

_________________ was derived from Vygotsky’s (1962) method for evaluating a child’s mental development and involves and interactive approach and deliberate deviation from standardized testing procedures to obtain additional information about the examinee and/or determine if the examinee is likely to benefit from assistance or instruction. It is associated primarily with ________________ assessment.

Answer 7

• Dynamic testing
• Educational

Question 8

___________________ is one type of dynamic assessment and involves providing an examinee with additional cues, suggestions, or feedback and is ordinarily done after standard administration of the test to preserve the paplicability of the test’s norms.

Answer 8

Testing the limits.

Question 9

Two other types of dynamic assessment are ____________________, which involves giving the examinee a series of verbal prompts that are graduated in terms of difficulty level, and ___________________, which involves following the initial assessment with an intervention designed to modify the examinee’s performance and the re-assessing the examinee.

Answer 9

• Graduated prompting
• Test-teach-retest

Question 10

When using ______________________, the computer tailors the test to an individual examinee by choosing subsequent items based on the examinee’s previous answers. Primary advantages are its precision and efficiency.

Answer 10

Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT).

Question 11

______________________ predictions are based on empirically validated relatioships between test results and specific criteria and make use of multiple regression equation or similar statistical techniques, while _________________ predictions are based on the decision-maker’s intuition, experience, and knowledge. Research supports that ______________ are the more accurate.

Answer 11

• Actuarial (statistical)
• Clinical
• Actuarial

Question 12

Research confirms that interviews can be used to obtain reliable and valid data from children as young as age ___.

Answer 12

6.