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Coefficients computed by this method are called coefficients of ____ consistency.

This is the tendency to stay at about the same level relative to one’s peers

are used to evaluate the error associated with administering a test at two different times.

This is a raw score that has been converted from one scale to another scale.

used to focus on the range of item difficulty that helps assess an individual’s ability level.

are points that divide the frequency distribution into equal fourths.

A scale that has the properties of magnitude and equal intervals but not absolute 0.

Requires good logic, intuitive skills and perseverance in evaluating the items.

estimates what the correlation between the two halves would have been if each half had been the length of the whole test

A method of finding the minimum number of dimensions to account for a large number of variables

when data are evaluated against rigid statistical rules

It is created by Starke Hathaway and John McKinley to aid psychiatric diagnosis.

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The measures and criterion measures are taken at the same time

Famous Belgian statistician who applied statistics to investigation to investigation of social and educational problems

He was credited with developing statistical theory as a general method of research applicable to any observational scie

currently the most widely used and referenced personality test.

The following are false, except:

Used word association test to identify mental illness.

typically constant or proportionate to what is presumed to be the true value of the variable being measured.

The scores on a test can predict future behavior or scores on another test taken in the future.

are logical deductions about events that cannot be observed directly.

It refers to the percentage of scores that are equal to or less than a given scores.

once a systematic error becomes known, it becomes predictable – as well as fixable.

helps you to understand what is happening in your data

set of items that are designed to measure characteristics of human beings that pertain to behavior.

when the changes are not predictable from earlier scores or when something affects some but not all test takers

He created the first modern individual intelligence test.

Tests that are relatively free of measurement error are considered to be

____ are very important in data analysis, because they allow as to examine the shape of the distribution of a variable.

introduced the basic notion of sampling error

mathematical index that describes the direction and magnitude of a relationship.

A scale that has all three properties

Credited for devising questionnaires, rating scales, and self report inventories

The following are example of individual test , except

best measure of central tendency for categorical data.

It is for tests whose items are scored as right/ wrong, or according to some other all-or-none system (dichotomous)

consistency in test results

allows us to make precise statements about the distribution.

least stringent type; as it is not really a form of validity at all

Father of Experimental Psychology

developed in an effort to educate and evaluate the mentally disabled.

measurement device or technique used to quantify behavior or aid in understanding/prediction of behavior.

Suggests how well a test taker might succeed in a certain area of vocation.

He believed that those with the best or most adaptive characteristics survive at the wxpense of those who are less fit.

First used test batteries, administration of a number of tests

the arithmetic average score in a distribution.

tests that contain relatively large measurement error are considered

are relatively enduring dispositions that distinguish one individual from another

compares two equivalent forms of a test that measure the same attribute.

A scale with the property of magnitude but not equal intervals or an absolute 0 is an ___

With a ______ , one defines all the possible scores and determines how many people obtained each of those scores..

The first structured personality test developed during the World War I

are obtained by administering the test to a sample of people and obtaining the distribution of scores for that group.

Chairman of the committee that developed the Army Alpha.

developed the product moment correlation

Psychology owes the advanced development of reliability assessment to the early work of the British psychologist ___

methods used to provide a concise description of a collection of quantitative information.

The simplest form of measurement

all of the factors associated with the process of measuring some variable, other than the variable being measured.

assumes that each person has a true score that would be obtained if there were no errors in measurement.

results are free from the subjective perception of the test administrator

caused by unpredictable fluctuations and inconsistencies of other variables in the measurement process

this effect occurs when the first testing session influences scores from the second session.

Used to measure the effectiveness of an educational or training program.

Enhanced Binet’s work and brought it to USA to create Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.

Kraepelin devised a series of examinations for evaluating emotionally impaired people.

refers to the component of the observed test score that does not have to do with the testtaker’s ability.

individual who had the greatest effect upon the introduction and use of statistics in the social sciences

failure to capture important components of a construct

The following are Evidences of Construct Validity, except

In ____ we ask whether two variables covary.

Uniformity exists in administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological test data.

is used to make predictions about scores on one variable from knowledge of scores on another variable.