Testing

Question 1

ppl believe test can see & tell everything about someone

Answer 1

protection of privacy

Question 2

clients need to be informed of what will be shown (& not shown) from the test

need to know the nature of what is being done

Answer 2

informed consent

Question 3

only give test that are relevant to case

Answer 3

issue of relevance

Question 4

he created OLSAT that assesses verbal & nonverbal reasoning abilities in students that are related to success in school

test was used for students grades K-12

Answer 4

Arthur Otis

Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)

Question 5

created the WAIS-III, WISC-IV, & WPSSI-III

developed a point scale & used subtest w/c was guided by a focus on the global nature of intelligence of the individual

the overall IQ obtained from the Weschsler scale represents an index of general mental ability

Answer 5

David Wechsler

Question 6

perceived intelligence as a form of biological adaption to one’s environment

cognitive development is divided into 4 major periods, each characterized by stages & sub stages

each stage represents a form of cognitive organization that is more complex than the proceeding one

Answer 6

Jean Piaget

Question 7

he criticizes psychometric testing as a way to predict what a person can do if asked to do it

he believes that the best approach in to study the way ppl do their work in order to find how they do it best

his position on using competencies in assessment in on job performance

Answer 7

David McClelland

Question 8

this is a proportion obtained by comparing the performance of 2 subgroups of test takers

the 2 groups together can represent the entire set of the test takers, w/ch is only a portion of the total group

Answer 8

discrimination index for a test

Question 9

the correlation b/w individuals’ responses to a particular item on a test & their score on a criterion

Answer 9

validity coefficient for each item on a test

Question 10

to detect & remove items that fail to discriminate by doing so, enhances reliability & validity on the test

Answer 10

item analysis

Question 11

appropriate for maximal performance test (achievement & aptitude) b/c the analysis requires that test items be scored as correct/incorrect

most common measure = % of test takers who answer the item correctly

Answer 11

item difficulty

Question 12

indicates the extent to w/c diff. types of ppl answer an item in diff. ways

it approaches each individual item as a separate measure of the characteristic being tested

the usefulness of a time depends on its ability to measure what ever the test as a whole is measuring

can be used to determine w/c items best measure the construct or content under study

Answer 12

item discrimination

Question 13

in a multiple choice question, an incorrect alternative is called a disaster

evaluates the % of ppl selecting each incorrect alternative to determine is the distracters are useful

Answer 13

distracter power

Question 14

this is a proportion obtained by comparing the performance of 2 subgroups of test takers

the 2 groups together can represent the entire set of the test takers, w/c is only a portion of the total group

Answer 14

discrimination index for a test

Question 15

the correlation b/w individuals’ responses to a particular item on a test & their score on a criterion measure

Answer 15

validity coefficient (for each item on a test)

Question 16

a statistical procedure that can be used to study the internal structure of a test, by using pattern of item correlations to identify the # of different factors or characteristics measured by the test

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factor analysis

Question 17

current lvls of skill & knowledge based on previous learning & experience

what you already have learned

Answer 17

achievement

Question 18

ability to use existing skills & knowledge to learn new skills & knowledge

your potential for learning

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aptitude

Question 19

describing samples & making inferences about population parameters, helps communicate info about test scores, & assist in drawing conclusions about test scores

also determine the amount of error present in test scores

Answer 19

statistical assessment

Question 20

describes the person

designed to measure attributes of the person, such as intelligence, motor skills, reading ability, adaptive behavior etc. & psychological assessment produces a test score or rating that is said to reflect the attribute

Answer 20

clinical assessment

Question 21

test now, then again later

Answer 21

test-retest reliability

Question 22

all items are measuring the same things (homogeneous), all drawn from the same domain

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internal consistency

Question 23

2 different versions of the same test

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alternate form reliability

Question 24

when you compare 1/2 of the test to the other 1/2 of the test

the logic is that if items are = representative of a particular domain, ppl should perform = on them

Answer 24

split half reliability

Question 25

a valid test is one that measures knowledge & characteristics that are appropriate for its purpose

its it measuring what it’s supposed to?

Answer 25

validity

Question 26

do the patterns of correlation w/ other measures make the theoretical sense

Answer 26

construct

Question 27

test should correlate most highly w/ test of the same thing (highest correlation/sameness)

Answer 27

congruentt

Question 28

things that come together similar

2 tests should correlate at an intermediate lvl, should show correlation at the middle (middle correlation)

Answer 28

convergent

Question 29

separate (least correlation)

Answer 29

discriminate

Question 30

using correlation for criterion & construct needs to be more direct measure of construct – not another test (predictive, concurrent) using linear regression to performance on another measure

Answer 30

criterion-related

Question 31

criterion occurs in future

Answer 31

predictive validity

Question 32

criterion taken at the same time as the test

criterion in the here and now

Answer 32

concurrent validity

Question 33

are all different aspects of construct adequately represented

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content validity

Question 34

face value, subjectively does appear to be measuring what its supposed to

Answer 34

face validity

Question 35

ratio of…
(VAR of true scores) / (VAR of total scores)

expresses the degree of consistency in a measurement of test scores

range from 1.00 (perfect) to 0.00 (absence)

Answer 35

reliability coefficient