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Psychometrics Exam 3MT3 with precise detailed ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




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structured personality test - correct answer✔✔individuals are provided with a statement ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




and are required to choose between two or more alternative responses
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e.g. Woodworth's Personal Data Sheet||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




projective personality test - correct answer✔✔unstructured test in which either the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




stimulus or the required response or both is ambiguous; individual provides spontaneous ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




response rather than choosing between alternatives ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




e.g. Rorschach test, thematic apperception test
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properties of scales - correct answer✔✔- *Magnitude* - particular instance represents more, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




less, or equal amounts of the given quantity
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- *Equal intervals* - difference between the two points on the scale has the same meaning
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as the difference between two other points on the scale that differ by the same number of
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units ||\\//||




- * Absolute zero* - nothing of the property being measured exists
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nominal scale - correct answer✔✔- Categorizes objects ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- No magnitude, equal intervals, or absolute zero
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- Can't perform mathematical operations on them
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- e.g. grouping individuals by where they were born
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,ordinal scale - correct answer✔✔- Scale that has magnitude, but not equal intervals or
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absolute zero ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- Popular in psychology
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- e.g. Likert scales, IQ scores
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interval scale - correct answer✔✔- Has magnitude and equal intervals, but doesn't have an
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absolute zero ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- e.g. age
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ratio scale - correct answer✔✔- Has magnitude, equal intervals, and absolute zero
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- e.g. digit span, years of education
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measures of central tendency - correct answer✔✔- *Mean* - average of all scores ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- *Median* - the middle value in a dataset
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measures of dispersion - correct answer✔✔- *Variance*- tells us about the spread of the||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




data; average squared distance from the mean; squared to eliminate negative #'s
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- *Standard deviation* - square root of the variance, tells us how much values deviate from
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the mean; puts spread of data into standardized units
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normal distribution - correct answer✔✔- Most data we collect from a large enough sample
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within the population will follow a normal distribution
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- Follows a symmetrical "bell shaped" curve
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- Data are evenly distributed around the mean
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histogram/frequency distribution - correct answer✔✔how many people fall into a ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




particular range of scores ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

,central tendency - correct answer✔✔- Middle of the data set ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- If perfectly normal distribution, median and mean are the same
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- If mean value is much lower/higher than the median, it suggests the data is skewed
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empirical rule of thumb - correct answer✔✔- When the data follows a normal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




distribution...

- 68% of all data will fall within one standard deviation of the mean
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- 95% will fall within 2 standard deviations of the mean
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- 99.7% of all data will fall within 3 standard deviations of the the mean
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percentile rank - correct answer✔✔% of scores that fall below a particular score ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




percentile - correct answer✔✔particular score, below which a certain percentage of scores ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




fall (i.e. opposite of percentile rank)
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norms - correct answer✔✔- Performances defined by groups on a particular test
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- Allow you to compare a particular score with some standardized
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distribution/representative sample ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- Tells us how people "should be" performing relative to what is average within the
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population



norm-referenced test - correct answer✔✔compares each person with a norm ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




criterion-referenced test - correct answer✔✔- Specific type of skill, task, or knowledge that ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




the test taker can demonstrate
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- See if they pass a certain criteria
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, - e.g. driving test
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univariate data - correct answer✔✔one score for each person ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




bivariate distribution - correct answer✔✔- Two scores for each person ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- Shows the relationship between 2 variables
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- Plot data on scatterplot
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principle of least squares - correct answer✔✔minimizes the squared deviation/sum of
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residuals around the regression line ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




residual - correct answer✔✔difference between observed score and predicted score
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calculating the equation of the regression line requires... - correct answer✔✔covariance ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




slope of the line ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




intercept



covariance/sum of cross products - correct answer✔✔- Tells us how much 2 variables move ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




together

- Cross product of variance around the mean of X and mean of Y
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regression coefficient (slope) (Beta-coefficient/weight) - correct answer✔✔- Slope of the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




regression line ||\\//||




- Tells us change in one of variable (X) for each one unit change in another variable (Y)
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intercept of the regression line - correct answer✔✔predicted value for y when x = 0
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