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Psychological Assesm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Five Major Categories of Test? | Mental Ability Tests Achievement Tests Personality Tests Attitude and Interests Tests Neuropsychological tests |
| Other Ways to Distinguish Tests | Paper and Pencil vs. Performance tests Speed vs. Powers Tests Individual vs. Group Tests Norm-reference vs. Criterion reference test |
| Uses of Tests | Clinical Settings Educational Settings Personnel Settings Research Settings |
| 4 Assumption About Testing | People differ in important traits We can quanitufy those traits These Traits are relatively stable Measures of these traits relate to actual behavior |
| 5 fundamental Questions About testing | Is the test reliable? Is the test valid? How do we interpret scores? How was the test developed? Practical Issues/How much does it costs? |
| Validity | Does the test measure what it is intended to measure |
| Reliability | Consistency, can the tests/results be duplicated. |
| User Norm Group | Whoever takes that test |
| Sub Groups | Smaller groups |
| Local Norm Groups | Comparing one score with the local scores. |
| 3 types of variable levels | Definitional Level(Construct) Operational Definition Level Raw Data |
| Two Types of Statistics | Descriptive Inferential |
| Descriptive Statistics | Describe or summarize data |
| Inferential Statistics | Make predictions about a population based on a sample data. |
| 4 types of Statistical Scales | Nominal scale/ numerical naming Ordinal Scale Interval Scale Ratio Scale |
| Nominal Scale/Numerical Naming | Each object gets tagged with a number |
| Ordinal Scale | Objects are assigned numbers that mean something about ordering,such as ranks. |
| Interval Scale | Objects are placed in order with an equal space in between. |
| Ratio Scale | An interval scale with an absolute zero. |
| Sources of Unreliability | Test scoring Test Content Test administration Personal Conditions All of these lead to a larger error score. |
| Methods for determining reliability | Test-retest reliability Interscorer Reliability Alternate form reliability Internal Consistency Reliability |
| Two conclusions regarding reliability | Test Length is important Reliability is maximized when scores approach the .5 percent mark. |
| Correlation | Connection between two variables. |
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