Psychological Testing Flashcards
use of specific systematic procedures to obtain information and convert that information to numbers or scores
Psychological Testing
Psychological Testing
A field concern with the theory, technique and development of psychological measurement
Psychometrics
Device or procedure used to obtain information
The Test
Provide teacher with information that is helpful in providing more effective instructional guidance
Instructional Uses
Provide information that is needed for quality control
Administrative Uses
Test results are helpful in predicting an individuals success in a field of study and thus aid him in choosing an appropriate course of study
Guidance Uses
What to look for in a test ?
Content, Format, Administration Procedure, Scoring and Interpretation Procedures
Method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange
The interview
Other types of interview
Structured, unstructured, semi-structured
people involved in creating and developing method of assessment
the test developer
refers to wide array of professionals who relay on psychological assessment and tools for various purposes
The test user
refers to person whom the assessment tools were administered to
the test taker
is the focus of the test ,contest of the test
test domain/ scale/dimension
Determines the upper limits of test takers knowledge or skill
maximal performance test
present a question and a set of possible answer to a question
alternate choice response
presents questions and a set of possible answer (essay, short answer)
free response theory
Maximal performance test is divided into
intelligence, aptitude, achievement
typical performance test is divided into
interest, personality, attitude test
the group to which you are compared with a norm referenced scores
norm group
numbers of group takers falls relative to each other
norm reference scoring
the test is administered to this group and use the responses of those test takers to develop the scale for our norm referenced scores
standardization sample
