reliability & validity

When a counselor tells a client the GRE will predict her ability to handle graduate work, the counselor is referring to

A reliable test is ________ valid.

reliability coefficient of 1.00 indicates

A new IQ test which yielded results nearly identical to other standardized measures would be said to have

Which is more important, validity or reliability?

Which method of reliability testing would be useful with an essay test but not with a test of algebra problems?

A counselor splitted a test in half, using the even items as one test and the odd items as another and correlating them.

Testing reliability: give the same population alternate forms of the identical test.

A job test which predicted future performance on a job very well would

An excellent psychological or counseling test would have a reliability coefficient of

Construct validity refers to the extent a test measures an abstract trait or psychological notion. An example would be

Face validity refers to the extent that a test

A valid test is ________ reliable.

Test reliability: give the same test to the same group of people two times and then correlate the scores. This is

A counselor peruses a testing catalog in search of a test which will repeatedly give consistent results. The counselor

In the field of testing, validity refers to