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Assessment correct answers A broad array of evaluative procedures that yield information about a person What are examples of assessments? correct answers Personality tests (objective and projective), clinical interviews, achievement tests, aptitude tests Tests correct answers Tests are a subset of assessment techniques that yield scores based on the gathering of collective data (e.g., finding the sum of correct items on a multiple-choice exam) When did the history of modern assessment b...

This is a practice exam I made myself in which I tried to incorporate material from the book, homework assignments and lecture slides to create questions that would be as realistic as possible. There are 20 questions in total that cover week 1 u/I from Psychometrics, with the answers as well.

Four Scales of Measurement correct answers Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio Nominal Scale of Measurement correct answers (Most basic - not used quantitatively - used as a grouping variable) Property of Identity: conveys information about whether two individuals are similar or different. Sorting into categories. Ordinal Scale of Measurement correct answers Numerals that have the property of ORDER. Ranks in which people are ordered according to the amounts of some attribute they possess. ...

Definition of psychometrics correct answers branch of statistics applied to the measurement of human behavior What psychometricians do correct answers use a specialized set of statistical tools to create scientifically valid assessments of various behaviors Standardized test correct answers -structured - defined structure for administration PROCEDURES that are followed in the same manner by every professional who administers the test - defined scoring rules that are followed in same mann...

1. For large, heterogeneous samples, scores on any two mainstream intelligence testing instruments (e.g. Wechsler, Stanford-Binet, McCarthy, Kaufman scale) typically correlate a. .10 to .20 b. .30 to .40 c. .60 to .70 d. .80 to .90 - d. .80 to .90 2. Next to Binet and Simon, the one individual who has had the greatest influence upon the testing of individual intelligence is a. Terman b. Guilford c. Wechsler d. Thurstone - c. Wechsler 3. In developing his intelligence tests, Wechsler a...

Validity correct answers If our inference was reasonable we would say our interpretation of the behavior has a degree of validity Hypothetical constructs correct answers Theorhetical psychological characteristics, attributes, processes, or states that cannot be directly observed Latent variables correct answers Hypotheticsl constructs Operational definitions correct answers Operations or procedures used to measure hypothetical constructs Interindividual differences correct answers Th...

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1914 correct answers Alpha Beta and Alpha test were developed by the army WW I 1890 correct answers James Cartell developed "mental test" to assess college students 1980-present correct answers "smart test" was developed and computerized testing. 1916 correct answers Terman develops Stanford-Binet test and develops IQ test correct answers factor analysis, projective tests and personality inventories first appear. correct answers vocational test 1000 BC correct answers Chi...

(UOPX) CCMH535 PSYCHOMETRICS COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM Q & S 2024.(UOPX) CCMH535 PSYCHOMETRICS COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM Q & S 2024.

Test correct answers A test is a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Most tests possess these defining features: (1) A Standardized Procedure, (2) A Sample of Behavior (3) Scores, (4) Norms, & (5) Predictive Ability. Standardized Procedure correct answers A standardized procedure is when administration of the test is uniform from one examiner and setting to another. Interpretation of psychological test is most reliable when the measurement...