Latest Study Guide Midterm

Question 1

List four steps of assessment

Answer 1

1) ID THE PROBLEM
2) Select assessment
3) Evaluate information
4) Report results and recommend

Question 2

What are the measures of central tendency?

Answer 2

Mean- average
median- middle score
mode- Most frequent score

Question 3

What type test contains select response items that have a single best answer? there are no subjective decisions. Involved in the scoring process. Example the ACT.

Answer 3

Objective tests

Question 4

What type of test consists of constructive response items like essay questions that require judgments from the examiner to score?

Answer 4

Subjective tests

Question 5

What type of scale measures multiple syndrome, or behavioral domains, example: internalizing, and externalizing

Answer 5

Broadband scales

Question 6

What type of scale contains items focused on one or two behavioral domains? Example ADHD.

Answer 6

Narrow band scales

Question 7

Measures can be categorized by their _______ or the number of constructs they report to measure

Answer 7

Bandwidth

Question 8

What type of variable has a numerical value like age, income, or test score?

Answer 8

Quantitative

Question 9

What type of variable uses a non-numerical value like gender or relationship status?

Answer 9

Qualitative

Question 10

What type of variable can take on any value and be subdivided infinitely or measure of how much? example: height, weight, or time spent

Answer 10

Continuous variable

Question 11

This type of quantitative variable consists of a basic unit of measurement that cannot be subdivided example how many people in a household

Answer 11

Discrete variable

Question 12

What type of variables, can be directly measured like wealth, employment,education?

Answer 12

Observable variable

Question 13

What type of variable can’t be directly observed or measured, but are inferred from other variables that are observed and measured? Example aggression, measured by physical violence, or poor social skills.

Answer 13

Latent variable

Question 14

Cheating, guessing lack of effort in the test environment, refusal to answer, & Administrator, unsure how much praise to give during test, are all examples of

Answer 14

Problems in test administration

Question 15

The extent to which test scores are predictively associated with other often behavioral criteria is called:

Answer 15

Criterion related validity

Question 16

What type of score shows how well the test taker did compared with others who took the same test?

Answer 16

Norm referenced scores

Question 17

This refers to the zero point representing the absence of the property being measured

Answer 17

True zero

Question 18

A numerical scale with no absolute zero point such as Fahrenheit is an example of

Answer 18

An interval scale

Question 19

In numerical scale, where there is a true zero point and equal intervals between points is what type of scale

Answer 19

Ratio scale

Question 20

A categorical variable rank ordered from best to worst, such as a self rating 1-5 is what type of scale?

Answer 20

Ordinal scale

Question 21

A categorical variable, such as relationship status is what type of scale

Answer 21

Nominal scale

Question 22

Spread of scores from a group of test takers on a single test is known as the

Answer 22

Standard deviation

Question 23

Spread of scores by one person tested multiple times to determine confidence intervals in helping with interpretations is known as

Answer 23

Standard error of measure