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| self-report, performance: multiple choice questions |
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(closed ended)
advantages: easily quantified, well structured
disadvantages: "best" given option may not be most fitting |
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| self-report, performance: constructed response |
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(open ended)
advantages: rich information
disadvantages: more difficult to quantify, more rigorous process |
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| a long list of items that may eventually be included in your test |
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| degree to which elements of an assessment instrument are relevant to and representative of the targeted construct for a particular assessment purpose |
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| operational definition of construct |
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| establish parameters of scale |
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| are the items appropriate indicators of the construct? are they ambiguous? are they an accurate measure of the construct? |
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| is the entire domain of the construct represented? are all aspects being covered? |
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| item writing: rational (top down) |
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| scales developed to measure a specific construct that is defined before developing the test |
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| item writing: empirical (bottom up) |
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| use as many items as possible, and let statistics determine which items should be used |
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| item writing: rational-empirical |
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| rational provides guidance for item selection, empirical tests whether they should or should not be included |
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| most common forms of multiple choice |
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true/false
answer choices (from task)
likert-type scale |
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| tendency to respond to items in a fashion that seems to be most socially acceptable |
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total score
average score
percent correct (ability testing) |
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| ensure instructions, items and response scales are clear. make sure items are relevant and representative. revise and repeat |
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| response set in which an examinee attempts to distort responses in a particular direction |
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| detailed record of test performance in a norm group, used to assess relative performance levels |
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| response set in which there is no apparent relationship between the content of items and examinee's responses |
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| general tendency to agree or disagree with statements, independent of the content of those statements |
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| tests to see how well a person can perform on a particular task (can be general, like IQ, or specific, like spacial abilities) |
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| ability tests: individual tests |
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| one on one with examiner. scoring sometimes multimodal, or elaborate |
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| ability tests: groups tests |
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| taken in large numbers, less interaction with examiner, easier scoring |
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| measure of general cognitive ability (g) |
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| What are lower level constructs that comprise IQ? |
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| math, verbal, verbal expression/comprehension, memory ability |
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| relatively consistent pattern of thought, feeling and behavior that characterizes each person as a unique individual |
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| personality test types: objective |
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| structured, clear, unambiguous items, objectively scored |
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| personality test types: projective |
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| unstructured, ambiguous items. focus on measuring unconscious covert aspects of personality |
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1. operational definition
2. generate pool of items
3. ensure content validity
4. determine response scale
5. create instructions
6. rules to quantify
7. pilot test and repeat |
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| checking to see whether or not items in a subscale correlate with items in another |
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| any belief or opinion that has an evaluative component--positive, negative, or mixed reaction to a person, object, or idea |
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| tendency to accept vague but positive feedback as accurate |
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| computer based test interpretation (CBTI) |
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| automated system for interpreting the meaning of test scores |
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| computerized adaptive testing |
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| testing method in which the selection of items is done via computer to provide the most efficient and appropriate test to each subject |
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| computerized test administration |
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| using a computer rather than paper and pencil to administer a test |
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| lowest age level at which the examinee can consistently answer Stanford-Binet items correctly |
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| highest level at which the examinee can answer at least some Stanford-Binet items correctly |
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| norm-based summary score for the Performance Scale of the Wechsler series of tests |
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| ability test evaluated in terms of how many items are answered correctly, rather than in terms of age grouping of items |
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| score on stanford-binet that compares an examinee's performance with the performance of others in the same age in the norm group; similar to IQ |
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| personality tests that use drawings of human figures or other stimuli to make inferences about personality |
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| administrative scales that can be used to assess the consistency or appropriateness of scores on specific clinical or personality tests |
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