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| A standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. |
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Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of psych. tests?
A. standardization to a mean of 100
B. sampling of behavior
C. description of behavior with categories or scores
D. use of norms to predict other behaviors |
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| A. standardization to a mean of 100 |
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| Why are tests merely a sample of behavior? |
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| so that the time required for testing is not excessive |
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| Suppose that answering "true" to the question "I drink a lot of water" happens to help predict depression. Would it be wise to include this item on a test used to identify depression? |
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| Yes, because the essential characteristic of a good test is that it predicts relevant behaviors |
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| In the equation X = T + e, what is the best thing a test developer can do? |
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make e very small
X = observed score
T = true score
e = error |
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| The norm group is referred to as the... |
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| In general, Head Start children show immediate gains in ... |
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| IQ, school readiness, and academic achievement |
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| In general, how do test manuals for group standardized tests handle the issue of guessing? |
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| they provide explicit instructions to examinees as to the advantages and pitfalls of guessing |
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| Suppose a young girl answers correctly on 37 questions from a 50-item test, but answers erroneously on 9 questions, leaving 2 blank. Suppose there are 4 alternatives per question. Using established principles of probability, what would be her correlated score? |
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| When instructions for a task are neutral or nonthreatening, test-anxious subjects... |
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| perform just as well as low-anxious subjects |
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| The test item writer's aim is to make all or nearly all considered guesses... |
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