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In contrast to the objective of assessment, the objective of testing is
to obtain some gauge, usually numerical in nature, with regard to an ability or attribute.
The APA issues both guidelines and standards. Standards ______________, while guidelines ___________
must be followed / are aspirational
How did the work of Wundt differ from that of Galton, Binet, and James McKeen Cattell?
Wundt focused on how individuals were the SAME rather than different.
According to your textbook, nonverbal communication or “body language” does NOT
convey the same meaning across cultures
When measuring a particular psychological trait, the termerror variance refers to
the component of a test score attributable to sources other than the trait measured.
Norms come in many different forms. Which of the following isnot correctly referred to
by the term “norms”?
trait norms
Which wouldnot be useful in estimating a test’s inter-item consistency?
a coefficient of equivalence
Item response theory (IRT) focuses on the
individual items of a test
If the standard deviations of two tests are identicalbut the reliability is lower for Test A as
compared to Test B, then the standard error of measurement will be _____ for Test A as compared to Test B.
higher
The form ofcriterion-related validity that reflects the degree to which a test score correlates with a criterion measure that was obtained subsequent to the test score is known as
predictive validity
The validation of a test is a process
can be tested by test user, test author and it is a process of gathering evidence on test validity
An analysis of a test’s item may take many forms. Thinking of the descriptions cited in
your text, which isnot one of those forms
item tryout analysis
Multiple-choice items draw primarily on which test taker ability?
recognition
Which scaling method entails a process by which measures of item difficulty are obtained
from samples of test takers who vary in ability?
absolute scaling
Which of the following istrue of the debate over the definition of intelligence
The debate has been ongoing almost since tests of intelligence were devised
