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COUN-6360D-5/COUN-6360-5/COUN-6324S-5-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360D Week 6 Quiz 1. Measures of central tendency tell you something about the middle of a series of numbers but hardly anything about the variability of a set of numbers. 2. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. If Juan has scored a 53 on a test, wh...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. "A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:" 2. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 3. In assessing the reliability of a new test...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability? 2. A type of reliability in which half of the test items are correlated with the other half is called: 3. The Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524) asserted: 4. GriggsDuke Power Company asserted: 5. Probably, the most basic form of validity is content validity. 6. "A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. The Buckley Amendment, otherwise known as FERPA, asserted: 2. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 3. In assessing the validity of a test, you randomly assign 100 individuals to two groups: one group assesses intelligence through a newly developed test, and a second group assesses intelligence through a traditional intelligence test that has been shown to be valid. You then cond...

COUN-6360D-5/COUN-6360-5/COUN-6324S-5-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360D Week 6 Quiz 1. Measures of central tendency tell you something about the middle of a series of numbers but hardly anything about the variability of a set of numbers. 2. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. If Juan has scored a 53 on a test, wh...

COUN-6360-23-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 Week 6 Quiz 1. Histograms and frequency polygons are visual representations of frequency distributions. 2. Jerome has scored a 10 on a test. How has he done? 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 5. On a normally distributed curve, which is true? 6. Measures of central tendency...

COUN-6360-23-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 1. Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as discriminant validity is to construct validity. 2. The most important form of content validity is face validity. 3. Which of the following is NOT related to test worthiness? 4. "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 5. Cross-cultural fairness in testing has always been a critical factor in the developme...

1. Question: If you have the raw scores of two individuals on a norm-referenced test, which of the following is important in terms of making meaning of those scores? 2. Question: On a normally distributed curve, raw scores may be come meaningful if you know the standard deviation and mean of the group. 3. Question: Which statement is usually NOT true about all norm-referenced standardized achievement tests? 4. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to pe...

1. Question: A test developer creates a new instrument to measure psychotic tendencies. She correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures psychotic tendencies that has been shown to be valid. This type of validity is called: 2. Question: In assessing the reliability of a new test, a sample of 1,000 examinees take the test, and one week later are asked to take the same test again. This is an example of which type of reliability? 3. Question: Concurrent validity is to criterion-...

1. Question: Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as discriminant validity is to construct validity. 2. Question: The most important form of content validity is face validity. 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT related to test worthiness? 4. Question: "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 5. Question: Cross-cultural fairness in testing has always been a critical factor in the development of tests. 6. Question:...