PYC4807 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 4 & 5 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ASWERS
2024 (588445) - DUE 23 September 2024
.Ability - ANSWER-=the power or skill to do something
.Ability level - ANSWER-=refers to a student's current competency level or the skill level the student can
achieve for a specific learning objective
.Acquiescence bias - ANSWER-=tendency to agree rather than disagree with items on questionnaires
.Administrative errors - ANSWER-#variations in:
=instructions
=assessment conditions
= in interpretation of instructions
=in scoring/rating
.Alternate forms reliability - ANSWER-=a procedure for testing the reliability of responses to survey
questions in which subjects' answers are compared after the subjects have been asked slightly different
versions of the questions or when randomly selected halves of the sample have been administered
slightly different versions of the questions
.Bias - ANSWER-=A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific
=prejudice
, .Coefficient - ANSWER-=number in front of a variable
.Coefficient of Determination - ANSWER-=a measure of the amount of variation in the dependent
variable about its mean that is explained by the regression equation
.Concurrent Validity - ANSWER-=the extent to which two measures of the same trait or ability agree
.Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) - ANSWER-=a statistical technique to assess the multidimensional
structure of a scale
=used when the researcher has hypotheses regarding the number and types of underlying factors that
will emerge in the analytic solution
=it requires the researcher to begin with hypotheses precisely stipulating the number of potential
factors, which items should load on (or correlate with) which factors, and how the factors should be
correlated
.Construct - ANSWER-=theoretical abstract that serves as a label for sets of behaviours that appear to
'go together' in nature i.e:
#intelligence
#personality
#verbal ability
#numerical ability
#spacial ability
#eye-hand co-ordination
#specific personality facets:
-emotional stability
-introversion-extroversion
.Construct Validity - ANSWER-=the degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring
.Content Identification - ANSWER-=what are the major elements and what is the story being told
DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 4 & 5 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ASWERS
2024 (588445) - DUE 23 September 2024
.Ability - ANSWER-=the power or skill to do something
.Ability level - ANSWER-=refers to a student's current competency level or the skill level the student can
achieve for a specific learning objective
.Acquiescence bias - ANSWER-=tendency to agree rather than disagree with items on questionnaires
.Administrative errors - ANSWER-#variations in:
=instructions
=assessment conditions
= in interpretation of instructions
=in scoring/rating
.Alternate forms reliability - ANSWER-=a procedure for testing the reliability of responses to survey
questions in which subjects' answers are compared after the subjects have been asked slightly different
versions of the questions or when randomly selected halves of the sample have been administered
slightly different versions of the questions
.Bias - ANSWER-=A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific
=prejudice
, .Coefficient - ANSWER-=number in front of a variable
.Coefficient of Determination - ANSWER-=a measure of the amount of variation in the dependent
variable about its mean that is explained by the regression equation
.Concurrent Validity - ANSWER-=the extent to which two measures of the same trait or ability agree
.Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) - ANSWER-=a statistical technique to assess the multidimensional
structure of a scale
=used when the researcher has hypotheses regarding the number and types of underlying factors that
will emerge in the analytic solution
=it requires the researcher to begin with hypotheses precisely stipulating the number of potential
factors, which items should load on (or correlate with) which factors, and how the factors should be
correlated
.Construct - ANSWER-=theoretical abstract that serves as a label for sets of behaviours that appear to
'go together' in nature i.e:
#intelligence
#personality
#verbal ability
#numerical ability
#spacial ability
#eye-hand co-ordination
#specific personality facets:
-emotional stability
-introversion-extroversion
.Construct Validity - ANSWER-=the degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring
.Content Identification - ANSWER-=what are the major elements and what is the story being told
