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COUN 6360 Week 6 Competency Quiz; Psychometrics (Winter Qtr)

COUN 6360 Week 6 Competency Quiz; Psychometrics (Winter Qtr)

Psychometrics is the measurement of personality characteristics (Neukrug & Fawcett, 2015). The profile that emerges from the assessment can be used by counselors to best assist a client in his or her growth and awareness as well as other professionals such as employers in evaluating a job candidate or other situation to determine the fitness of an individual for a position or a task. To Prepare: • Review the Learning Resources to prepare for this quiz. To Complete: You must submit your fir...

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-6360-15-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Fall-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360 Week 7 Quiz 1. 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. On a normally distributed curve, raw scores may become meaningful if you know the standard deviation and mean of the group. 3. Which statement is usually NOT true about all norm-referenced standardized achievement tests? 4. NCEs range from 1 t...

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-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-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. 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. "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...