CPCE - Assessment and testing
Appraisal - Answer-Process of assessing or estimating attributes
Free choice / free response - Answer-Short answer
Forced choice - Answer-NCE/CPCE
Recognition items
Difficulty index - Answer-Indicates percentage of people who answered each item correctly
Normative & Ipsative format - Answer-Normative - person's score evaluated by comparing it to others
who took same test
Ipsative - measures compare traits within same person
Achievement (attainment) tests vs. personality (interest) inventory - Answer-Achievement - Measure
maximum performance or present level of skill
Personality - typical performance
Q-sort - Answer-Sorting statements to evaluate self-esteem
, Sprial test vs. cyclical test - Answer-Spiral - Items get progressively harder
Cyclical - several sections which are spiral
Test battery - Answer-Horizontal test - measures various factors (ex: math & science) during same
testing procedure
Which is more important, validity or reliability? - Answer-Validity - a test must measure what it means to
measure
Types of validity - Answer-Content - does the test examine the behavior under scrutiny?
Construct - test's ability to measure a theoretical construct like intelligence
Concurrent - how well the test compares to other instruments that are intended for the same purpose
Predictive (empirical) - test's ability to predict future behavior according to criteria
Consequential - social implications of using tests
* criterion validity - concurrent validity and predictive validity together
Incremental vs. synthetic validity - Answer-Incremental - process by which a test is refined and becomes
more valid as contradictory items are dropped
Synthetic - helper looks for tests that have been shown to predict each job element or component
Appraisal - Answer-Process of assessing or estimating attributes
Free choice / free response - Answer-Short answer
Forced choice - Answer-NCE/CPCE
Recognition items
Difficulty index - Answer-Indicates percentage of people who answered each item correctly
Normative & Ipsative format - Answer-Normative - person's score evaluated by comparing it to others
who took same test
Ipsative - measures compare traits within same person
Achievement (attainment) tests vs. personality (interest) inventory - Answer-Achievement - Measure
maximum performance or present level of skill
Personality - typical performance
Q-sort - Answer-Sorting statements to evaluate self-esteem
, Sprial test vs. cyclical test - Answer-Spiral - Items get progressively harder
Cyclical - several sections which are spiral
Test battery - Answer-Horizontal test - measures various factors (ex: math & science) during same
testing procedure
Which is more important, validity or reliability? - Answer-Validity - a test must measure what it means to
measure
Types of validity - Answer-Content - does the test examine the behavior under scrutiny?
Construct - test's ability to measure a theoretical construct like intelligence
Concurrent - how well the test compares to other instruments that are intended for the same purpose
Predictive (empirical) - test's ability to predict future behavior according to criteria
Consequential - social implications of using tests
* criterion validity - concurrent validity and predictive validity together
Incremental vs. synthetic validity - Answer-Incremental - process by which a test is refined and becomes
more valid as contradictory items are dropped
Synthetic - helper looks for tests that have been shown to predict each job element or component
