Coun 6360 week 5 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

COUN 6360 Week 5 Required Readings – Learning Resources

This week, and over the next three weeks, you will complete quizzes that assess competency. For each quiz, you must get 8 of 10 items correct in order to receive credit. You can repeat each quiz as many times as needed to demonstrate competency. You must complete the first attempt at these quizzes successfully by Day 3 of each week. Repeat attempts must be successfully completed by Day 7 of Week 7. Learning Objectives Students will: • Apply diagnostic decision-making to assessments • Ana...

Q. 1 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: Q. 2 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? Q. 3 Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as disc...

Selecting an assessment to use with a client can be an important part of a counselor’s work. A first step in selecting an assessment is often to research options using the Mental Measurements Yearbook. For this Assignment, you will identify a mental health issue, and then research assessments that may help in diagnosing a client. You will create a self-recorded video directed at your client to explain the rationale for assessing him or her, and you will describe how the assessment you selecte...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. Which of the following is an example of negative correlation? 2. Probably, the most basic form of validity is content validity. 3. "A newly developed instrument for screening depression suggests that an individual is not depressed; however, later information reveals that in fact he is depressed. This problem can be attributed to:" 4. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 5. T...

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. "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 Assignment; Administering Assessments; Part 3

COUN-6360D-5/COUN-6360-5/COUN-6324S-5-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. "If you are interested in examining whether or not the GREs can accurately tell how students perform in graduate school, you would most likely want to investigate the validity of the test." 2. Which of the following is NOT a step in determining the content validity of an instrument? 3. The Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524) asserted: 4. Which of the following is NOT a type ...

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...