Midterm test

Question 1

Mean

Answer 1

Arithmetic average

Question 2

Median

Answer 2

Out of more than one given score, find the middle score.
If there are even amounts of scores, take the two middle scores and divide by 2. That is the answer.
Example: 2, 5, 44, 15, 28, 6 - put in order
2, 5, 6, 15, 28, 44 - 15/6 = 2.5

Question 3

Mode

Answer 3

Most occurring score

Question 4

Range

Answer 4

subtract the highest score from the lowest score.

Question 5

Ordinal test: what is it?

Answer 5

Put into categories like,

Question 6

How to find the percentile rank using the standard score, mean, and standard deviation for a test.

Answer 6

1. subtract the ‘mean’ score from the standard score.
2. divide. difference by the standard deviation.
3. take the score and subtract it from 100 percent.

SS, DD, subtract

Question 7

Summative

Answer 7

program evaluation and accountability

Question 8

Formative

Answer 8

screaming, progress monitoring, instructional planning

Question 9

Nominal Scale

Answer 9

Definition: A scale of measurement in which
there is no inherent relationship among
adjacent values.
- Identifies categories

• Examples:
• Gender
• Disability category
• Ethnicity

Question 10

Ordinal Scale

Answer 10

Definition: A scale in which values of measurement
are ordered from best to worst or from worst to best.
- Identity
- Ranked Preferences (e.g., types of soda; politicians)
- Movie Ratings
- Assigned Rank (e.g., class standing)

Question 11

Interval Scales

Answer 11

Definition: A scale in which the differences
between adjacent values are equal, but in which
there is no absolute zero
- Interval scales have the properties of:
- identity
- equal distance
- Mathematical Operations
- Addition
- Subtraction

Question 12

Ratio Scales

Answer 12

Definition: A scale of measurement in which the
differences between the adjacent values are equal,
and in which there is a logical and absolute zero.
- Ratio scales of measurement have all of the
properties of the abstract number system.
- identity
- magnitude
- equal distance
- absolute/true zero

Question 13

Criterion-Referenced Test

Answer 13

• A test that reports
  a person’s skills in terms of absolute levels of
  mastery.
• CRTs, Driver’s Test, UALPA, etc.

Question 14

Norm-Referenced Test

Answer 14

– A test that compares
an individual’s performance to the
performance of his/her peers.
- SAT, GRE, WJ III, etc.

Question 15

Pragmatics test

Answer 15

test on idioms, metaphors, facial

Question 16

SEM

Answer 16

Standard Error of Measurement. As reliability goes down the error and SEM goes up.

Question 17

An assessment or work should be:

Answer 17

relevant to what students are studying, reliable, and qualitative.