Psych Tests and Measurements Exam 1 Review
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What are objective tests?
Tests where test takers choose a response or provide a response and there are predetermined correct answers, requiring little subjective judgment of the person scoring the exam
What are projective tests?
Test takers view and are asked to respond to unstructured or ambiguous stimuli such as images or incomplete sentences
The SAT or GRE is an example of what kind of test?
Objective
The NEO Personality Inventory is an example of what kind of test?
Objective
The TAT is an example of what kind of test?
Projective
Which test assess's a test taker's potential for learning or ability to perform in a new job or situation?
Aptitude
2 multiple choice options
Schools, businesses, and government agencies often use ________ to predict how well someone will perform or to estimate the extent to which an individual will profit from a specified course of training.
aptitude
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Vocational guidance counseling may involve ___________ to help clarify the test taker's career goals.
aptitude
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What test measures a person's previous learning in a specific academic area (e.g. psych, algebra, or German)
Achievement
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__________ is also referred to as tests of knowledge.
achievement
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Many elementary schools and high schools rely on _________ to compare what students know at the beginning of the year with what they know at the end of the year, to assign grades, to identify students with special educational needs, and to measure students' progress.
achievement tests
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What test measures a wide range of general cognitive ability?
intelligence
What test is often used to screen individuals for specific programs (e.g., gifted programs, honors programs) or programs for the mentally challenged.
intelligence
Survey focuses on _______ outcomes/patterns.
group
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Test focuses on _______ performance.
individual
1 multiple choice option
Sample of behaviors. (e.g. You are being tested on your high school math knowledge. For this to be ____________ you have to test each subject like geometry, trig, algebra, and calc.
representative
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Tests should be administered in the same way, every time, to the same person is an example of ______.
standardized
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Which of the following is a use of psychological testing?
all of the above
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What do all psychological tests include?
Behavior, psychological construct, inference
2 multiple choice options
Why should a good psychological test have scoring rules?
To ensure all examiners score the same responses in the same time (i.e. consistent scoring)
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following pairs of attributes measured and predicted outcomes is incorrectly matched?
Cognitive ability -> job satisfaction
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Which of the following is an assumption of psychological tests?
All of the above
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Which assumption of psychological tests relates to test-retest reliability?
An individual's behavior and test scores will remain stable over time
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Which of the following is an example of behavioral observation?
Documenting job performance for a performance review
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What sort of stimuli are involved in projective tests?
Ambiguous
3 multiple choice options
What type of test is the WAIS?
Intelligence
3 multiple choice options
What type of test is the Rorschach Inkblot Test?
Projective
3 multiple choice options
What type of test is the ACT?
Achievement
3 multiple choice options
What type of test is the Myers-Briggs?
Personality
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following is a right of the test taker?
Receive explanation prior to testing about its purpose
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As the course instructor, I am the _______ with regard to Exam 1.
Test user
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Who's responsibility is it to sell psychological tests to those appropriately trained?
Test publisher
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Who's responsible for marketing the psychological tests properly and truthfully?
Test Publisher
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Who's the person who participates in purchasing, administering, interpreting, or using the results of a psychological test?
Test user
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What type of decision is about oneself?
Individual
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What kind of decision is made by an entity about someone?
Institutional
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Receiving a high GRE score and deciding to apply to a highly competitive grad school is an _______ decision.
individual
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Based on one's GRE score (among other factors), an ____________ decides whether to grant admission.
institiutional
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What type of decision is comparing scores among a group to determine who scores the highest?
Comparative
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Which type of decision is "scoring better than 99% of other test-takers on the GRE grants admission to a program"?
comparative
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Which type of decision is "Who has the minimum score needed to qualify"
Absolute
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Median is ___________.
less affected by outliers, hence it is further
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Mean is ___________.
more affected by outliers, thus it is closer to the outliers.
2 multiple choice options
Mode is ________.
the highest point.
2 multiple choice options
What kind of measurement is:
Are you currently happy? Yes or No
Nominal
3 multiple choice options
What kind of measurement is:
What do all psychological tests require that you do?
A
B
C
D
Nominal
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At which level of measurement are numbers assigned to represent labels or categories of data only?
Nominal
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At which level of measurement are numbers assigned to rank-order data. However, the distances or values between numbers are not equal; they can vary.
Ordinal
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What kind of measurement is:
Please rank the following colors in terms of the color you like most (1) to the color you like least (6). Please use each number (1−6) once.
____ blue
____ green
____ yellow
____ o r a n g e
____ b l a c k
____ w h i t e
ordinal
3 multiple choice options
At what level are numbers are assigned to rank-order data, andt he distance between numbers is judged to be equal. However, there is no absolute zero point (a number that indicates the complete absence of what is measured).
Interval
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What kind of measurement is:
To what extent do you and your spouse agree on how to spend and save money?
A = Always agree
B = Almost always agree
C = Sometimes agree
D = Frequently disagree
E = Almost always disagree
F = Always disagree
How would you rate your current health?
1 = Poor
2 = Fair
3 = Good
4 = Very good
5 = Excellent
Interval
3 multiple choice options
Which measurement are numbers are assigned to rank-order data, and the distance between numbers is also equal, and there is an absolute zero point.
ratio
3 multiple choice options
Which measurement is:
How many children do you have? ____
How many years of experience do you have in the hospitality industry? ____
ratio
3 multiple choice options
What is the difference between a test and a survey?
Tests look at individual outcomes, surveys look at group outcomes
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Is the SAT a survey or test?
Test
2 multiple choice options
What are we creating as a result of the class project?
Psychological Survey
2 multiple choice options
What is the first step of developing a survey?
Identify the problem/objectives
3 multiple choice options
Mail or online surveys are what type of survey?
Self-administered
2 multiple choice options
Items should be _____ and _____.
Purposeful and straightforward
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What is a double-barreled question?
A question that asks multiple things
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What is wrong with the following item: "USF makes me feel happy, excited, and like I belong."
It is asking more than one question
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What is wrong with the following item: "I often ponder the intricacies of canine acquirement."
It is confusing and uses jargon
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What is wrong with the following item: "I trust my MD."
It uses jargon/abbreviations that may be unclear
2 multiple choice options
Which level of measurement adds an absolute zero point, or a "true zero" that has meaning?
Ratio
3 multiple choice options
Which scale assumes that the distance between points is the same?
Interval
3 multiple choice options
Which is the most basic level of measurement?
Nominal
3 multiple choice options
Which level of measurement is this:
"Adam's Favorite Hockey Teams Ranked in Order of Preference":
1. Carolina Hurricanes
2. Seattle Kraken
3. Vegas Golden Knights
4. Arizona Coyotes
5. Florida Panthers
ordinal
3 multiple choice options
Based on the textbook's conceptualization, what level of measurement is this:
"I enjoy coming to class in person."
1- Strongly Disagree
2- Disagree
3- Neither Agree nor Disagree
4- Agree
5- Strongly Agree
interval
3 multiple choice options
Which level of measurement is the following item:
"Select your political party preference:
1. Democrat,
2. Republican
3. Independent."
nominal
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What level of measurement is this?
"How many children do you have? ______"
ratio
3 multiple choice options
How are frequency distributions most commonly visualized?
histogram
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Which measure of central tendency represents the "arithmetic average"?
Mean
3 multiple choice options
What is the mode of the following dataset?
3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8.
4
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True or False: Most frequently occurring score represented by the peak in the distribution
True
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What is the first step in survey construction?
Identify the objective
3 multiple choice options
Skewness is the lack of _________________.
symmetry
What is the second step in survey construction?
Define the objectives operationally
3 multiple choice options
What is the third step in survey construction?
Constructing a Plan
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What is the fourth step in survey construction?
Selecting the type of survey
3 multiple choice options
Mail or online survey is apart of what kind of survey?
Self-administered
1 multiple choice option
What standardizes data points from a distribution with a known mean and sttandard deviation, typically a normal distribution.
z-score
The mean is an indicator of _______, while the standard deviation is an indicator of _________.
central tendency, variability
3 multiple choice options
Academics have debated whether Likert-scale data is _________ or _________ They tend to treat it as though it is __________.
ordinal, interval, interval
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A course evaluation could ask you the following question: "How helpful is your instructor during office hours at answering your questions?" 1= not at all; 2= slightly; 3= moderately; 4 Very; 5; Extremely
The question is problematic because...
The question should have an additional categorical alternative, such as N/A
3 multiple choice options
What is a way to group raw scores for display?
class intervals
2 multiple choice options
Mean
average
2 multiple choice options
Median
middlemost score
2 multiple choice options
Mode
most frequently occurring score
2 multiple choice options