PSY3041- Quiz 1
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- 1.Q 1. As used by your textbook authors, the term psychological assessment applies to
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A. clinical settings only
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B. self-administered tests only
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C. employment, clinical, and educational settings only
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D. the use of tests and other tools of evaluation
- 2.Q2. It is incorrect to conceive of error “creeping into” the measure process because
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A. this implies that it appears slowly when in reality it is instantaneous
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B. to do so is to imply that error is negative when in reality it is positive
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C. error is a well acknowledged part of the measurement process
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D. all of these
- 3.Q3. A score earned by a testtaker on a psychological test may BEST be viewed as equal to
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A. the raw score plus the observed score
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B. the error score
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C. the true score
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D. the true score plus error
- 4.Q4. A panel interview is a tool of assessment that is MOST likely to be employed by
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A. clinical psychologists
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B. educators
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C. human resource professionals
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D. entry-level neuropsychologists
- 5.Q5. The directions for scoring a particular motor ability test instruct the examiner to “Give credit if the child holds his hands open most of the time.” Because what constitutes “most of the time” is not specifically defined, directions such as these could result in lower reliability estimates for
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A. test-retest reliability
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B. alternate-form reliability
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C. inter-score reliability
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D. parallel forms reliability
- 6.Q 6. Psychology testing
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A. is typically more lengthy than assessment
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B. may be one component of the process of assessment
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C. is characteristically broader in scope than assessment
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D. tends to be less accurate than assessment
- 7.Q7. As the term is applied to a test, validity is a judgment or estimate of how well a test
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A. measures what it purports to measure
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B. measures what is purports to measure in a particular context
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C. satisfies the deductions that could logically be made from inferences about it
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D. all of these
- 8.Q8. In calculating the content validity ratio, panelists are asked to determine
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A. if the test item has face vailidity and an acceptable level of reliability
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B. if the item is too long or too short
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C. if the test item is ambiguous
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D. if the skill or knowledge measured by the item is essential
- 9.Q9. A standard against which a test or test score is evaluated is known as a
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A. facet
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B. correlation coefficient
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C. validity coefficient
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D. criterion
- 10.Q10. Predictive and concurrent validity can be subsumed under
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A. content validity
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B. criterion-related validity
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C. face validity
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D. true score validity
- 11.Q11. Which is NOT a possible source of error variance?
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A) Test administration
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B) Test scoring
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C) Test interpretation
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D) All are possible sources of error variance
- 12.Q12 The term psychometrics
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A) Was derived from the Latin for “to confuse and befuddle”
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B) Is used to refer collectively to test catalogues, manuals, and reports
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C) May be defined as the science of psychological measurement
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D) All of these
- 13.Q13. An approach to personality assessment that does not employ self-report methods is referred to as:
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A) A reflective method
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B) A projective method
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C) A factorial method
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D) A nonempirical method
- 14.Q14. Norms come in many different forms. Which of the following is NOT referred to by the term “norms”?
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A) Trait norms
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B) Age norms
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C) Grade norms
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D) Percentile norms
- 15.Q15. Which of the following is TRUE about error in psychological measurement?
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A) As with other fields, error is synonymous with “mistake”
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B) Error only refers to deliberate misinterpretation of results rather than carelessness
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C) Error is an expected component of measurement
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D) Error can be eliminated only by care and vigilance
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