Stat and Assessment

Question 1

What is the interval measurement scale?

Answer 1

Assumes scores are equally distant from each other, without an absolute zero. More meaningful data and compared with more sophisticated statistics.
Example:SAT/GRE

Question 2

What is the measurement scale a ratio?

Answer 2

No range restriction, assessed using all statistical tests and has the highest level of measurement

Question 3

What is a nominal measurement scale?

Answer 3

Usually describes dichotomous groups, range restriction, Limited used except to discuss trends.

Question 4

What measurement scale has data on a continuum like a Likert scale ?

Answer 4

Ordinal

Question 5

What does NOIR stand for?

Answer 5

Nominal
Ordinal
Internal
Ratio

Question 6

What is percentile?

Answer 6

Ranking, comparison to Norm groups.

Question 7

A portion of the whole is called what?

Answer 7

Percentage

Question 8

Scores assessed according to establish standards and not compared to others is what?

Answer 8

Criterion referenced

Question 9

Norm referenced uses normal curve and the comparison is between test takers.

Answer 9

T scores, Z scores, % ranks

Question 10

A standardized test

Answer 10

Is the same procedure each time in formal. It ensures fairness, accuracy and reliability. Example: Beck Anxiety Inventory

Question 11

A test with a flexible procedure, based on a person and is less reliable and prone to bias and more reliant on administrator skill is what kind of test?

Answer 11

Non standardized

Question 12

Appearance, attitude movement, thought process, affect, mood, perceptions, judgment or insight, intellectual functioning memory are concepts of what exam?

Answer 12

Mental Status Exam

Question 13

Sub-Tests of the WAIS-IV are:

Answer 13

Vulnerable. Perceptual. Working memory. Processing speed.

Question 14

Alfred Binet

Answer 14

Developed tests to determine school kids who need extra help. Developed 30 short tasks. Attention, memory, problem-solving skills. Tried to correlate these domains with school success. Emphasized environment and development of intellect.

Question 15

Binet and Theodore Simon

Answer 15

Developed first IQ test. Emphasized mental age as opposed to chronological age. IQ is mental age over chronological age. Emphasized intellectual testing could be distorted and wanted mainstreaming kids with disabilities.

Question 16

James cattell was who?

Answer 16

First United States psych professor. Believed human behavior needed quantitative evidence. Tests of memory and simple mental exercises. Coined mental test.

Question 17

Concepts of eugenics, heredity in acquisition of intelligence abs 1st to employ surveys. Who am i?

Answer 17

Francis Galton

Question 18

What are the three types of assessments?

Answer 18

Aptitude. Achievement. Intelligence.

Question 19

What are intelligence assessments?

Answer 19

Measures IQ and mental ability.

WAIS, WISC, Stanford-Binet

Question 20

What is an aptitude assessment?

Answer 20

Measures potential ability to acquire skills and knowledge.

GRE, SAT, LSAT, MCAT

Question 21

An assessment that measures knowledge and skills in certain content areas is what kind of assessment?

Answer 21

Achievement

Question 22

One standard deviation % is:

Answer 22

34.13%

Question 23

A statistical 2 peak curve is called?

Answer 23

A bi-modal curve

Question 24

A flatter, more spread out curve is called a:

Answer 24

Platykurtic distribution

Question 25

A leptokurtic distribution is:

Answer 25

Taller and skinnier, greater peak than a normal curve.

Question 26

A distribution that is _____ skewed has a lot of low scores and is asymmetrical.

Answer 26

Positively

Question 27

What is the mean, median and mode?

Answer 27

Mode-occurs most frequently
Mean-average
Median-number in the middle