SPA 6541 Midterm Study Set Questions And All Updated Answers.
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NUR 6541
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NUR 6541
what is the main purpose of assessment - Answer -gather information about performance and understand strengths and weaknesses related to language
why should we assess - Answer screening, establish baseline function, establish goals for intervention, measure change in intervention
psychome...
SPA 6541 Midterm Study Set Questions
And All Updated Answers.
what is the main purpose of assessment - Answer -gather information about performance and
understand strengths and weaknesses related to language
why should we assess - Answer screening, establish baseline function, establish goals for intervention,
measure change in intervention
psychometric tools of assessment - Answer validity, reliability, standardization sample, diagnostic and
psychometric accuracy
validity - Answer the degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure
internal validity - Answer extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a study
construct validity - Answer the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to measure
construct validity example - Answer In developing a new IQ test, you must operationally define
intelligence so that the measure assesses your definition of intelligence.
face validity - Answer Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is supposed to test.
face validity example - Answer asking subjects to point to pictures that examiner names is a good way
too assess whether subject knows what the word means
content validity - Answer The degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it's
supposed to cover.
criterion related validity - Answer whether instrument shows strong correlation with others meant to
measure the same thing
, predictive validity - Answer Refers to the function of a test in predicting a particular behavior or trait
concurrent validity - Answer scores on the measure are related to a criterion measured at the same
time
external validity - Answer an attribute of an experiment in which variables have been defined in a
normal, typical, or realistic way
reliability - Answer ability of measure to be consistent throughout time, test givers, or forms
test-retest reliability - Answer using the same test on two occasions to measure consistency
inter-rater reliability - Answer indicates how consistent scores are likely to be if the responses are
scored by two or more raters using the same item, scale, or instrument
internal consistency - Answer subtests rank subjects similarly and/or parts of test are measuring the
same as the whole test
split- half reliability - Answer scores from the first half of the test are comparable with scores from the
second half
diagnostic accuracy - Answer how accurately they assign clients to diagnostic categories
types of diagnostic accuracy - Answer sensitivity and specificity
sensitivity - Answer true positive rate, probability of detection, not missing children
specificity - Answer true negative rate, dont want to over-identify children
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