KINS 4400 UPDATED FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Evaluation is defined as... - CORRECT ANSWERS interpretation of a score
Which of the following is typically of most interest to students? - CORRECT
ANSWERS evaluation
Having to pass a swimming proficiency test before enrolling in an advanced swimming course is
an example of what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Criterion-referenced standard
___________ comes to mind when you think of a norm-referenced evaluation, and
___________ comes to mind when you think of a criterion-referenced evaluation. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Percentile; passing
Giving an assessment at the end of a tennis unit is what type of evaluation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS summative
The Selective Model of the teaching/learning process... - CORRECT ANSWERS is norm
referenced
Name three purposes of measurement, testing, and evaluation - CORRECT
ANSWERS Placement, prediction, diagnosis
What domain includes human traits such as feelings or emotions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS affective
SPSS... - CORRECT ANSWERS is a powerful statistical analysis program.
, A dependent variable is one that is ________________ and an independent variable is one that
is ________________ . - CORRECT ANSWERS measured; manipulated
You are interested in looking at the effect of Vitamin C on the frequency of the common cold.
You separate your participants into two groups. One group gets Vitamin C and the other group
gets nothing. You then determine the number of colds in the testing period. In this case, the
dependent variable is - CORRECT ANSWERS number of colds
Temperature is a measure that is an example of a (n) __________________ scale. - CORRECT
ANSWERS interval
The mean is... - CORRECT ANSWERS the arithmetic average
The percentage of variance in one variable accounted for or shared by another variable is
denoted by what statistic? - CORRECT ANSWERS coefficient of determination (r squared)
Which of these correlation coefficients has the least predictive value?
.91
.23
.17
.50 - CORRECT ANSWERS .17
If a correlation coefficient of 1.15 is found, this would indicate... - CORRECT
ANSWERS computational error
What does a correlation coefficient describe about the relationship between two variables? -
CORRECT ANSWERS direction and strength
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Evaluation is defined as... - CORRECT ANSWERS interpretation of a score
Which of the following is typically of most interest to students? - CORRECT
ANSWERS evaluation
Having to pass a swimming proficiency test before enrolling in an advanced swimming course is
an example of what? - CORRECT ANSWERS Criterion-referenced standard
___________ comes to mind when you think of a norm-referenced evaluation, and
___________ comes to mind when you think of a criterion-referenced evaluation. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Percentile; passing
Giving an assessment at the end of a tennis unit is what type of evaluation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS summative
The Selective Model of the teaching/learning process... - CORRECT ANSWERS is norm
referenced
Name three purposes of measurement, testing, and evaluation - CORRECT
ANSWERS Placement, prediction, diagnosis
What domain includes human traits such as feelings or emotions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS affective
SPSS... - CORRECT ANSWERS is a powerful statistical analysis program.
, A dependent variable is one that is ________________ and an independent variable is one that
is ________________ . - CORRECT ANSWERS measured; manipulated
You are interested in looking at the effect of Vitamin C on the frequency of the common cold.
You separate your participants into two groups. One group gets Vitamin C and the other group
gets nothing. You then determine the number of colds in the testing period. In this case, the
dependent variable is - CORRECT ANSWERS number of colds
Temperature is a measure that is an example of a (n) __________________ scale. - CORRECT
ANSWERS interval
The mean is... - CORRECT ANSWERS the arithmetic average
The percentage of variance in one variable accounted for or shared by another variable is
denoted by what statistic? - CORRECT ANSWERS coefficient of determination (r squared)
Which of these correlation coefficients has the least predictive value?
.91
.23
.17
.50 - CORRECT ANSWERS .17
If a correlation coefficient of 1.15 is found, this would indicate... - CORRECT
ANSWERS computational error
What does a correlation coefficient describe about the relationship between two variables? -
CORRECT ANSWERS direction and strength
