A. clinical settings only
B. self-administered tests only
C. employment, clinical, and educational settings only
D. the use of tests and other tools of evaluation
A. this implies that it appears slowly when in reality it is instantaneous
B. to do so is to imply that error is negative when in reality it is positive
C. error is a well acknowledged part of the measurement process
D. all of these
A. the raw score plus the observed score
B. the error score
C. the true score
D. the true score plus error
A. clinical psychologists
B. educators
C. human resource professionals
D. entry-level neuropsychologists
A. test-retest reliability
B. alternate-form reliability
C. inter-score reliability
D. parallel forms reliability
A. is typically more lengthy than assessment
B. may be one component of the process of assessment
C. is characteristically broader in scope than assessment
D. tends to be less accurate than assessment
A. measures what it purports to measure
B. measures what is purports to measure in a particular context
C. satisfies the deductions that could logically be made from inferences about it
D. all of these
A. if the test item has face vailidity and an acceptable level of reliability
B. if the item is too long or too short
C. if the test item is ambiguous
D. if the skill or knowledge measured by the item is essential
A. facet
B. correlation coefficient
C. validity coefficient
D. criterion
A. content validity
B. criterion-related validity
C. face validity
D. true score validity
A) Test administration
B) Test scoring
C) Test interpretation
D) All are possible sources of error variance
A) Was derived from the Latin for “to confuse and befuddle”
B) Is used to refer collectively to test catalogues, manuals, and reports
C) May be defined as the science of psychological measurement
D) All of these
A) A reflective method
B) A projective method
C) A factorial method
D) A nonempirical method
A) Trait norms
B) Age norms
C) Grade norms
D) Percentile norms
A) As with other fields, error is synonymous with “mistake”
B) Error only refers to deliberate misinterpretation of results rather than carelessness
C) Error is an expected component of measurement
D) Error can be eliminated only by care and vigilance
A) Role play
B) Portfolio analysis
C) Case history
D) Behavioural observation
A) Respondents might be unwilling to reveal something negative about themselves
B) Respondents maybe too “low” on the construct being measured for the trait to register properly on the test.
C) The reading ability of the respondents may prevent them from responding accurately to items
D) All of these
A. The general psychiatric health of an assessee
B. Mental status of an individual during assessment
C. Technical quality of a test or other tool of assessment
D. Competence of a defendant to stand trial
A. the most preferred method for determining validity
B. another name for content validity
C. the appearance of relevancy of the test items
D. validity determined by means of face-to-face interviews
A. the Binet Intelligence Test
B. the Rorschach Inkblot Test
C. the OSS assessment battery
D. the Mooney Problem Checklist
A. subtle nuances of meaning may be ‘lost in translation’
B. pre-training of the translator is desirable
C. pre-training of the assessor is desirable
D. all of these
A. 85%
B. 90%
C. 95%
D. 99%
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