Uses of Psychological Test

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used to rate people in determining if they fall relative to their peers or some standard performance

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Rating test

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used for evaluation of people so that they can be matched with the appropriate services or environment

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Placement test

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• used for the selection of a group of people from a larger pool of applicants or candidates
• used as screening devices to help identify the individuals who are most likely to be successful

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Selection test

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are used to indicate whether or not an examinee’s performance meets a pre-selected criterion

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Competency and Proficiency Test

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are used to determine the nature and typicality of an individual’s underlying characteristics

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Diagnosis test

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Test can be used to make decisions by evaluating an outcome, such as the value of a program, a product, or a course of action

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Outcome evaluation test

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Offers two alternatives for each item

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Dichotomous format

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Offers more than two alternatives

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Polytomous / polychotomous format

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• requires the respondent indicate the degree of agreement with a particular attitudinal question
• five alternatives are offered

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Likert format

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Similar to the likert format but uses a scale which holds greater number of choices

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Category format

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The subject receives a long list of descriptive or adjectival statements and indicates whether each one is characteristic of him / herself or someone else

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Checklist

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• combination of the checklist format and the category format
• the subject is given statements and asked to sort then 9 piles

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Q-sorts

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A format used in ability tests wherein the items are arranged from easy to difficult

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Spiral omnibus format

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• term for a set of methods used to evaluate test items in order to come up with a cluster of valid and reliable test items
• the basic methods involve assessment of item difficulty and item discriminability

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Item analysis

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• it is defined by the number of people who get a particular item correct
• the higher the proportion of people who get the item correct, the easier the item

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Item difficulty index (P)

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interpretation of 0.20 - below in item difficulty index

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very difficult

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interpretation of 0.21 - 0.40 in item difficulty index

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difficult

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interpretation of 0.41 - 0.60 in item difficulty index

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optimum

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interpretation of 0.61 - 0.80 in item difficulty index

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easy

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interpretation of 0.81 - above in item difficulty index

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very easy

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• determines whether the people who have done well on particular test items have also done well on the whole test
• an item can have a positive or negative discriminating power
• the higher the d value, the better the test item

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Item-discriminability index (d)

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interpretation of 0.08 - below in item discriminability index

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very poor item

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interpretation of 0.09 - 0.19 in item discriminability index

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poor item

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interpretation of 0.20 - 0.29 in item discriminability index

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fair item

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interpretation of 0.30 - 0.39 in item discriminability index

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good item

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interpretation of 0.40 - above in item discriminability index

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very good item

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Formula for item discriminability index

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d = Up - Lp / U

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Formula for item difficulty index (P)

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P = Np / N

Question 29

a test item can be **retained** if its level of difficulty is ____, _____, or _____, and discriminating power is ____ to ____

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- easy - optimum - difficult - fair - very good

Question 30

a test item has to be rejected if it is either _____ or ____ and its discriminating power is ____, ____, or _____

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- very easy - very difficult - poor - negative - zero

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a test item can be **modified** if its difficulty level is _____ and its discriminating power is _____

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- optimum - negative

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Formula of z-score

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Z = score - mean / standard deviation

Question 33

another standard score which would indicate the **exact location of a score** within a distribution with a mean score of 50

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T- scores

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T-score formula

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T = 10 (z-score) + 50

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The **percentage** of scores in its frequency distribution that are less than that score

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Percentile rank

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Percentile rank formula

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Pr = B / N (100)

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3 measures of central tendency

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- mean - median - mode

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The sum of all given values or items in a distribution divided by the number of values / items summed

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Mean

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The point in a distribution that divides into 2 parts so that 50% fall below and above the mean

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Median

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The value or item in a distribution with the **most number** of cases of highest frequency

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Mode

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Compares each person with a norm

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Norm-referenced test

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Describes the specific type of skills, tasks, or knowledge that the test taker can demonstrate

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Criterion-referenced test

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An **abstract of sample of behavior** of a patient or a client *derived from results of psychological tests*

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Psychological report

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Criteria of good psychological reports

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- clarity - meaningfulness of report - synthesis

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Language **easily understand**

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Clarity

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Details that are **formed into broader concepts** about the person

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Synthesis