Test Score Interpretation

Question 1

A _____ score indicates how well an examinee did on a test compared to how well examinees in the reference group did. Included in this category are percentile ranks and standard scores.

Answer 1

norm-referenced

Question 2

A _____ indicates the percentage of examinees in the reference group who scored at or below the score obtained by an examinee. The conversion of raw scores to this is a nonlinear transformation since the this distribution is always rectangular (flat) regardless of the shape of the distribution of raw scores.

Answer 2

Percentile rack

Question 3

_____ indicate how well an examinee did on a test in terms of standard deviations from the mean score obtained by the reference group and include z-scores, T-scores, IQ scores, and stanines. Converting raw scores to this is a linear transformation because the standard score distribution has the same shape as the raw score distribution.

Answer 3

Standard scores

Question 4

The _____ distribution has a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1.0, and this expresses an examinee’s score directly in terms of standard deviations from the mean

Answer 4

z-score

Z = (raw score - mean)/Standard Deviation

Question 5

_____ have a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10

Answer 5

T-scores

Question 6

_____ have a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2 and range from 1 to 9. With the exception of the two extreme scores (1 and 9), each one represents one-half of a standard deviation.

Answer 6

Stanines

Question 7

_____ strive “to evaluate a person’s or a group’s degree of competence or mastery of a skill or knowledge domain in terms of a preestablished standard of performance.”

Answer 7

Criterion-referenced scores

Question 8

_____ indicate the percentage of test items or test content that examinees answered correctly. When these are used to make decisions about examinees, a cutoff score is often set.

Answer 8

Percentage scores (this is different than percentile ranks, a norm-referenced score)

Question 9

_____ provide information on an examinee’s expected score on another measure based on his/her obtained test score. In contrast to a regression equation, which is used to predict a single criterion score from an obtained predictor score, _____ indicates, for different predictor scores, the percent of individuals in the reference group (e.g., employees in the validity study) who obtained different criterion scores

Answer 9

Expectancy tables