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| The process of translating test results into meaningful information that will aid the instructor in making judgments and rendering objective decision is referred to as evaluation. |
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| If seven scores have a mean of 87, the sum of the scores is 609. |
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| The proess of collective data on the property or attribute of interest is referred to as evaluation. |
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The correct term is measurement. |
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| Instruments, protocols and techniques used to measure a quantity or quality of properties are referred to as tests. |
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| Program goals are developed from fundamental philosophical aims. |
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| Program goals need to be measurable or objectively assessed. |
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Programs goals are measured on a well designed philosophic approach and accountability. |
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| When compared to other learning domains, evaluation in the psychomotor domain is considered the most difficult. |
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Affective domain is the correct answer because it is difficult to measure and evaluate in an objective and quantifiable manner. |
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| The standard deviation is a measure of the spread of the middle 50% of the scores |
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Correct answer is the "median". |
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| Percentile ranks are a form of a standard score. |
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| A Z-score of +2 is equivalent to a T-score 60. |
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If Z-score were +2, then T-score would be 70 based on the formula T = 10z+50.
10(2)+50=70 |
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| Generally a Z-Score is derived from a T-Score |
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A T-score is derived from a Z-score. |
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| Standard scores allow meaningful comparisons to be made from raw scores of difficult types of measurements. |
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| If all scores in a distribution are equal, the standard deviation would be zero. |
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| The mean, median and more are considered terminal statistics. |
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| Varience is the square root of the standard deviation. |
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Varience is the distance of each score in a data set from the mean, called the deviation from the mean.
(X - Xbar) |
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| The mode is considered the middle score. |
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False
Correct answer would be the "median" |
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| The best way to find the median score is to use a simple frequency distribution. |
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Correct answer would be the "mode". |
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| An instrument or procedure that measures attributes or properties of an individual is referreed to as a(n): |
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| The precision, consistency or repeatability of questions or test specifically refers to: |
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| Considering the data set (10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1) which measure of central tendency would change the most if the highest score were 25 instead of 10? |
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Mean
Calculated by adding all the scores and dividing by the total number of scores. |
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| Considering the data set (10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1) what is the median for this distribution? |
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| Considering the data set (10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1) what is the mode for this distribution? |
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| Takes place when scores are obtained. |
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| The word or phrase that best desribes the relationship between test, measurement and evaluation is: |
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