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Sample Test IV Flashcards

1
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Process of measuring
psychology-related variables by means of devices or
procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior

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Psychological testing

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Gathering and integration
of psychology-related data for the purpose of making
psychological evaluation

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Psychological Assessment

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3
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Device or procedure designed to measure

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Psychological Assessment

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4
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Subject matter

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Content

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Form,plan, structure, arrangement,layout

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Format

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A specific stimulus to which a person
responds overtly and this response is being
scored or evaluated

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Item

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7
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One-to-one basis or group administration

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Administration procedures

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Code or summary of statement

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Score

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9
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The process of assigning scores to performances

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Scoring

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10
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Reference point derived by judgement and used to divide a set of data into two or more classification

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Cut-score

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11
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Technical quality

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Psychometric soundness

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12
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Science of psychological
measurement

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Psychometrics

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13
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Refer to
professional who uses, analyzes, and interprets
psychological data

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Psychometrician

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14
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Used to measure general knowledge in a specific
period of time

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Achievement test

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15
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Refers to the potential for learning or
acquiring a specific skill

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Aptitude test

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Refers to the potential for learning or
acquiring a specific skill

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Intelligence test

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Considerable overlap of
achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test

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Human Ability Test

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18
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Measure usual or habitual
thoughts, feelings, and behavior

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Typical performance test

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19
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Measures individual dispositions
and preferences

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Personality test

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A type of personality test which provide statement,
usually self-report, and require the subject to choose
between two or more alternative responses

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Structured Personality tests

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21
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A type of personality test which are unstructured self-report, and the stimulus or response are ambigous

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Projective Personality Tests

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22
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A type of personality test which consists of elicit personal beliefs and opinions

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Attitude test

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23
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A type of personality test which measures likes and dislikes
as well as one’s personality orientation towards the
world of work

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Interest Inventories

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24
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Method of gathering information
through direct communication involving reciprocal
exchange

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Interview

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25
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Type of interview which questions are prepared

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Standardized

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Type of interview which pursue relevant ideas in depth

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Non-standardized

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27
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Type of interview which may probe further on specific number of questions

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Semi-Standardized

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Type of interview which subject is allowed to express his feelings without fear of disapproval

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Non-Directive

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29
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Determines the mental status of the patient

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Mental Status Examination

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30
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Determine why the client came
for assessment; chance to inform the client about
the policies, fees, and process involved

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Intake Interview

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31
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Biographical sketch of the client

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Social Case

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32
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Determine why the client came
for assessment; chance to inform the client about
the policies, fees, and process involved

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Intake Interview

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33
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Determine whether the client is suitable for hiring

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Employment Interview

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34
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More than one interviewer participates in the assessment

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Panel interview

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35
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Used by counselors and
clinicians to gather information about some
problematic behavior, while simultaneously
attempting to address it therapeutically

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Motivational Interview

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36
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Sample of one’s ability and accomplishment

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Portfolio

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37
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Refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in written,pictorial, or other form that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee

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Case History Data

38
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A report or illustrative account concerning a person or an event that was compiled

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Case study

39
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Monitoring of actions of
others or oneself by visual or electronic means while
recording quantitative and/or qualitative information
regarding those action

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Behavioral Observation

40
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Observe humans in natural setting

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Naturalistic Observation

41
Q

Assesses are directed to act as if
they are in a particular situation

A

Role Play Test

42
Q

An informed, scientific concept developed
or constructed to explain a behavior, inferred from
overt behavior

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Construct

43
Q

A
proportion that indicates the ratio between the
true score variance on a test and the total
variance

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Reliability Coefficient

44
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Useful in describing sources of test score variability

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Variance

45
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An estimate of reliability obtained by correlating
pairs of scores from the same people on two different
administrations of the test

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Test-Retest Reliability

46
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Established when at least two different versions of
the test yield almost the same scores

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Parallel Forms Reliability

47
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It is when all items measures the same construct

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Internal Consistency (Inter-Item Reliability)

48
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Used when two
halves of the test have unequal variances and on tests
containing non-dichotomous items, unequal variances

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Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha

49
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Obtained by correlating two
pairs of scores obtained from equivalent halves of a
single test administered once

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Split-Half Reliability

50
Q

Designed to provide
an indication of where a test taker stands with respect
to some variable

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Criterion-Related Tests

51
Q

Estimate the extent to
which specific sources of variation under defined
conditions are contributing to the test scores

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Domain Sampling Theory

52
Q

A system of assumption about measurement and
the extent to which item measures the trait

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Latent-Trait Theory

53
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Degree to which the measurement procedure
measures the variables to measure

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Validity

54
Q

Degree of control among
variables in the study (increased through random
assignment)

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Internal Validity

55
Q

Generalizability of the research
results (increased through random selection)

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External Validity

56
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Means of evaluating and integrating test data so
that the clinician’s conclusions make accurate
statements about the examinee

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Conceptual Validity

57
Q

A test appears to measure to the
person being tested than to what the test actually
measures

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Face Validity

58
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Designed to identify factors or
specific variables that are typically attributes,
characteristics, or dimensions on which people may
differ

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Factor Analysis

59
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Who developed Factor Analysis?

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Charles Spearman

60
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Usefulness or practical value of testing to
improve efficiency

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Utility

61
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Shed light on the
relationship between identified variables and two
naturally occurring groups

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Discriminant Analysis

62
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The average of all the raw scores

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Mean

63
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The middle score of the distribution

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Median

64
Q

Most frequently
occurring score in the
distribution

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Mode

65
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Equal to the difference
between highest and the
lowest score

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Range

66
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Interquartile range divided by 2

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Semi-Quartile Range

67
Q

Equal to the square root
of the average squared
deviations about the
mean

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Standard Deviation

68
Q

Equal to the arithmetic
mean of the squares of
the differences between
the scores in a
distribution and their
mean

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Variance

69
Q

Expressed in terms of
the percentage of persons
in the standardization
sample who fa

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Percentile

70
Q

Dividing points between
the four quarters in the
distribution

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Quartile

71
Q

An example of this is a testing of people in different socio-economic status

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One-Way ANOVA

72
Q

An example of this is measuring the focus level of board reviewers during morning, afternoon, and night sessions of review

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One-Way Repeated Measures

73
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An example of this is people in different socio-economic status and the differences of their salaries and their eating habits

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Two-Way ANOVA

74
Q

Stage in the process that entails
writing test items, revisions, formatting, setting scoring
rules

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Test Construction

75
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A type of scale which involve classification or categorization
based on one or more distinguishing characteristics

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Nominal scale

76
Q

A type of scale which is rank ordering on some characteristics is also permissible

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Ordinal Scale

77
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A type of scale which contains equal intervals, has no absolute zero
point (even negative values have interpretation to it)

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Ratio Scale

78
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A type of scale which has true zero point

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Interval Scale

79
Q

A type of scale which indicate their own attitudes by
checking how strongly they agree or disagree with
carefully worded statements that range from very
positive to very negative towards attitudinal object

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Likert Scale

80
Q

A type of scale which involves the collection of a
variety of different statements about a phenomenon
which are ranked by an expert panel in order to develop
the questionnaire

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Thurstone Scale

81
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The type of statistics wherein methods are used to provide
concise description of a collection of quantitative
information

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Descriptive Statistics

82
Q

A type of statistics wherein methods are used to make
inferences from observations of a small group of people
known as sample to a larger group of individuals
known as population

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Inferential Statistics

83
Q

The property of “moreness”

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Magnitude

84
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The difference between two points
at any place on the scale has the same meaning as the
difference between two other points that differ by the
same number of scale units

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Equal Intervals

85
Q

A set of numbers who properties model
empirical properties of the objects to which the
numbers are assigned

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Scale

86
Q

Defined as a set of test scores arrayed
for recording or study

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Distribution

87
Q

All scores are listed
alongside the number of times each score occurred

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Frequency Distribution

88
Q

Nonmanipulated variable to designate groups

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Quasi-Independent Variable

89
Q

Bell-shaped, smooth, mathematically defined curve
that is highest at its center

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Normal Curve

90
Q

Results from the conversion of a raw score
into a number indicating how many SD units the raw
score is below or above the mean of the distribution

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Z-Scores

91
Q

Used when two variables being
correlated are continuous and linear

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Pearson Correlation Coefficient

92
Q

Presentation of a list of stimulus words, assessee
responds verbally or in writing the first thing that
comes into their minds

A

Word Association Test

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