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Tests and Measurements Review for Qualifier

Questão 1 de 55

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The roots of contemporary psychological testing and assessment can be found in

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • early twentieth -century France.

  • early nineteenth- century Spain.

  • eleventh-century B.C.E. China.

  • mid-twentieth-century Las Vegas.

Explicação

Questão 2 de 55

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a coefficient of correlation is an index of the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • degree to which one variable influences another

  • strength of the relationship between two things

  • way in which one event may cause another event

  • all of the above.

Explicação

Questão 3 de 55

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A reliability coefficient is an index of reliability that reflects the ratio between

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the error variance and the error variance squared.

  • the true score variance on a test and the total variance.

  • the true score variance on a test and the error variance squared.

  • the true score variance and the error variance.

Explicação

Questão 4 de 55

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Which is a source of error variance?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Test construction.

  • Test administration.

  • Test scoring.

  • All of the above.

Explicação

Questão 5 de 55

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Item sampling is a source of error variance within the context of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • test construction.

  • test administration.

  • test scoring.

  • all of the above.

Explicação

Questão 6 de 55

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Which is NOT a form of reliability ?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Test-retest reliability

  • Past-Present reliability

  • split-half reliability

  • alternate-forms reliability

Explicação

Questão 7 de 55

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In general, as test length increases, test reliability

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • increases

  • decreases

  • is not affected either way

  • is affected but insignificantly

Explicação

Questão 8 de 55

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Coefficient alpha is conceptually

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the variance of all possible sources of error variance.

  • the mean of all possible split-half correlations.

  • the standard deviation of all possible sources of variation.

  • the estimate of inter-scorer reliability that is most robust.

Explicação

Questão 9 de 55

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Francis Galton is best known for

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the study of individual differences

  • group testing

  • the concept of mental age

  • eugenics and large scale implementation of IQ

Explicação

Questão 10 de 55

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A researcher finds a correlation of .40 between personal income and the number of years of college completed. Based upon this finding he can conclude that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a person who attended four years of college will have an annual income of $40,000.

  • more years of education causes higher income.

  • personal income is a positively skewed variable.

  • more years of education are associated with higher income.

Explicação

Questão 11 de 55

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4. Which of the following indicates the strongest relationship?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • r = .5

  • r = .09

  • r = - .6

  • 10% of shared variance

Explicação

Questão 12 de 55

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According to classical test theory, errors of measurement are

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • always an overestimate of true scores

  • always underestimates of true scores

  • random

  • constant

Explicação

Questão 13 de 55

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which term does not belong?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • range

  • variance

  • median

  • standard deviation

Explicação

Questão 14 de 55

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It is most appropriate to use the Spearman-Brown formula to estimate what form of reliability?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Test-retest reliability.

  • Past-present reliability.

  • Split-half reliability.

  • Alternate-forms reliability.

Explicação

Questão 15 de 55

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An observed score is conceptually composed of a

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • criterion and true score

  • criterion and predictor

  • error and predictor

  • true score and error

Explicação

Questão 16 de 55

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Assuming the distribution of scores to test A being normal (observed mean=50, observed SD=12) indicate the Z score corresponding to:
A raw score of 32:
A raw score of 62:
A raw score of 50:
A T score of 60:
A deviation IQ score of 85:

Explicação

Questão 17 de 55

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a key difference between the terms "psychological testing" and "psychological assessment" is that "psychological testing" refers to a process that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • involves more problem-solving than psychological assessment

  • is more technician-like than psychological assessment

  • was first decribed by Maloney and Warn in the mid-1970's

  • is much broader in score than psychological testing

Explicação

Questão 18 de 55

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Which is NOT typically a variable considered when evaluating the technical quality of a test?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • personality

  • reliability

  • validity

  • normative data

Explicação

Questão 19 de 55

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In the early 20th century, one solution for dealing with the problem of language and culture in mental ability testing was to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • totally ignore the issue.

  • develop culture-free tests.

  • develop culture-specific tests.

  • translate tests into whatever language the immigrant spoke.

Explicação

Questão 20 de 55

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Steps taken by test developers to ensure suitability of a test for use with people of different cultures include

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • try-out of the test with various samples of test takers.

  • use of panels of experts to review test items.

  • analysis of test data to root out possible sources of bias.

  • all of the above.

Explicação

Questão 21 de 55

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"norms" is a term used in psychometrics to refer to the test performance data of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • people tested at a different time than another group of test takers.

  • test takers who constitute a control group in an experiment.

  • a particular group of test takers to be used for comparison.

  • a sample of people with no prior training in the tested area.

Explicação

Questão 22 de 55

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The term "norming" refers to the process of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • interpreting and re-interpreting norms.

  • deriving or generating norms.

  • distributing norms to members of target populations.

  • putting a carpenter's personal signature on a work product.

Explicação

Questão 23 de 55

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In the context of norming a test, a sample of the population refers to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • people deemed to be representative of the whole population.

  • people deemed to be atypical of the whole population.

  • a mixture of people who are both representative and atypical.

  • a randomly selected group of people who share a characteristic.

Explicação

Questão 24 de 55

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in the language of psychometrics, reliability refers primarily to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • expertise in measurement

  • dependability in measurement

  • speed of measurement

  • consistency in measurement

Explicação

Questão 25 de 55

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Stated succinctly, test validity refers to a judgment concerning

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • How consistent a test measures what it purports to measure.

  • Why the test should or should not be used for a specific purpose.

  • How well a test measures what it purports to measure.

  • How sound the evidence is that supports conclusions from it.

Explicação

Questão 26 de 55

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Which does NOT belong?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Criterion-related validity.

  • Content validity.

  • Concurrent validity.

  • Predictive validity

Explicação

Questão 27 de 55

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Your brother did very well in Mrs. Jones's class. Now you are in her class and can't seem to do any wrong. You are probably the benefit of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a generosity error.

  • a halo effect.

  • a clerical error.

  • the Mel Gibson effect.

Explicação

Questão 28 de 55

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The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule is a personality test that features ipsative scoring. This means that the strength of various needs of the testtaker may be compared

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • to the strength of those needs in other test-takers

  • to the strength of other needs of the same testtaker

  • to the strength of needs expressed on the Mooney Problem Checklist.

  • all of the above

Explicação

Questão 29 de 55

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Which is most useful in determining whether different items on a test are measuring the same thing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Co-validation.

  • Cross-validation.

  • Factor analysis.

  • Test tryout.

Explicação

Questão 30 de 55

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Which person is best associated with the view that non-intellective factors such as personality, persistence, and goal awareness must be considered when measuring intelligence?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Alfred Binet

  • David Wechsler

  • Sir Francis Galton

  • Sir Rudy Guilliani

Explicação

Questão 31 de 55

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Which type of intelligence is thought to be relatively culture-free in nature?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Interpersonal intelligence.

  • Fluid intelligence.

  • Crystallized intelligence.

  • Family intelligence.

Explicação

Questão 32 de 55

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The "Flynn Effect" is a reference to the phenomenon of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • "inflation" of measured intelligence on tests.

  • "recession" in the ceiling effect for giftedness.

  • gender differences in measured intelligence.

  • culture loading of tests in terms of language

Explicação

Questão 33 de 55

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Which does NOT belong

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • WPPSI-R

  • WAIS-III

  • WISC-III

  • WHIPSY-II

Explicação

Questão 34 de 55

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Which served as the basis for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the typology of John Holland

  • the typology of Carl Jung

  • the typology of Ray Rosenman

  • the typology of Hippocrates

Explicação

Questão 35 de 55

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As used in contemporary personality assessment, without linkage to any specific personality theory, "state" refers to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the transitory exhibition of a personality trait.

  • an inferred psychodynamic disposition.

  • the condition one is in after a traumatic event.

  • a modality useful in evaluation and assessment.

Explicação

Questão 36 de 55

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The nomothetic approach to assessment is characterized by efforts to learn

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • how a large number of traits can be applied to relatively few people.

  • how each individual differs from the next in terms of personality traits.

  • how a limited number of traits apply to all people.

  • how the presumed strength of a trait may vary within the same individual.

Explicação

Questão 37 de 55

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Evaluating the psychometric soundness of a test like the Rorschach is difficult because

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • traditional construct validity evaluation procedures are not applicable.

  • traditional test-retest reliability procedures are not applicable.

  • the Rorschach taps enduring traits, not transient states.

  • all of the above

Explicação

Questão 38 de 55

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Army Alpha is best known for

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the first test to use non-verbal stimuli

  • group testing

  • the first psychometrically sound test

  • the first culture-free test

Explicação

Questão 39 de 55

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Properties of a normal distribution (which one does NOT belong)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • is bell shaped

  • has a standard deviation of 1

  • central tendencies indices are equal

  • is also called a Gaussian distribution

  • is symmetric

Explicação

Questão 40 de 55

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Alfred Binet is best known for

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the first IQ measure

  • the correction for attenuation formula

  • the concept of mental age

  • non-verbal tests

  • the Cronbach Alpha

Explicação

Questão 41 de 55

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

indicate the range of a correlation coefficient: to

Explicação

Questão 42 de 55

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" a good test measures what is purports to measure and does so in relatively consistent fashion." This classic statement is a reference to the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • degree to which a test is precise

  • degree to which a test is concise

  • degree to which a test is valid

  • psychometric quality of a test

Explicação

Questão 43 de 55

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Which one is a source of error variance?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • test administration

  • test construction

  • test scoring

  • all of the above

Explicação

Questão 44 de 55

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which type of validity is concerned with how the test is associated with a future outcome

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • concurrent validity

  • convergent validity

  • predictive validity

  • discriminant validity

Explicação

Questão 45 de 55

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to which type of validity does the follow statement refer to " assess the extent to which it shows association with measures that it should be related to" ?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • face validity

  • convergent validity

  • concurrent validity

  • discriminant validity

Explicação

Questão 46 de 55

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which one is not a "linearly" transformed normed score

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Z score

  • Stanine

  • Deviation IQ

  • T score

Explicação

Questão 47 de 55

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Preencha os espaços em branco para completar o texto.

Write the letter of the name to which it belongs

A. Galton
B. Cattell
C. Binet
D. Terman
E. Stern
F. Goddard
G. Army Alpha
H. Army Beta

IQ
eugenics and large scale implementation of IQ
stanford-binet
mental age
group testing G
study of individual differences
nonverbal tests
no relations between “mental tests” and academic achievement

Explicação

Questão 48 de 55

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What are the three measures of central tendency?

Explicação

Questão 49 de 55

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measures of variability include the range, and what 3 others?

, ,

Explicação

Questão 50 de 55

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Label Validity and Reliability

1. is the extent to which an experiment, test, or any measure yields the same results on repeated trials; consistency.

2. is the extent to which any test measure what it’s intended to test

Explicação

Questão 51 de 55

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fill in the type of reliability (Parallel/Alternate forms, Test-retest reliability, Split Half, inter-rater reliability)

: an estimate of reliability obtained by correlating pairs of scores from the same people on two different administrations of the same test

: Measure of equivalence, Administer 2 different forms to the same group of people at 2 different points in times; measure of correlation between the 2 forms of the test

: Measurement of equivalence or agreement between coders; 2 or more observers rate behavior and determine the amount of agreement between the 2 coders; measures the correlation between the ratings of the first rater and the second rater

: Group of items, split test items into two groups, correlation among the different halves of the test

Explicação

Questão 52 de 55

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Criterion validity includes

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • concurrent

  • predictive

  • both a and b

Explicação

Questão 53 de 55

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Construct Validity:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Measures how well the test assesses some underlying construct -Show how scores on the measure differ between groups of people

  • Assess whether the items on the measure match your definition on the construc

  • looks for the correlation of the new measure with existing measures

  • all of the above

Explicação

Questão 54 de 55

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construct validity that indicates a high correlation between 2 constructs measured using 2 different methods is known as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • convergent validity

  • divergent validity

  • inter-item validity

  • inter-rate validity

Explicação

Questão 55 de 55

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Item difficulty is the proportion of examinees who get the item correct is calculated by the: # who got the item (pick one) correct/incorrect divide by the # who answered the item

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