Psychometrics Final Exam with precise detailed answers

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Construct Validity - correct answer✔✔An accumulation of evidence that test is based on ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




sound psychological theory and therefore measure what it is supposed to measure; evidence
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that at test relates to other tests and behaviors as predicted by a theory
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Content Validity - correct answer✔✔The extent to which the questions on a test are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




representative of the material that should be covered by the test ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Criterion-related Validity - correct answer✔✔Evidence that test scores correlate with or ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




predict independent behaviors, attitudes, or events; the extent to which the scores on a test
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correlate with scores on a measure of performance or behavior. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Face Validity - correct answer✔✔The perception of the test taker that the test measure what
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it is supposed to measure
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Stems - correct answer✔✔A statement, question, or partial sentence that is the stimulus in
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a multiple-choice question
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Distracters - correct answer✔✔The incorrect responses to a multiple-choice question ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Pilot Test - correct answer✔✔a scientific investigation of a new test's reliability and validity
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for its specified purpose ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Surveys - correct answer✔✔Instruments used for gathering information from a sample of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




the individuals of interest ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

, Concurrent Validity - correct answer✔✔A method for establishing evidence of validity ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




based on a test's relationships with other variables in which test administration and
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criterion measurement happen at roughly the same time ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Predictive Validity - correct answer✔✔A method for establishing evidence of validity based||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




on a test's relationships with other variables that shows a relationship between test scores
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obtained at one point in time and criterion measured at a later point in time
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Criterion Contamination - correct answer✔✔When the criterion in a validation study
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measures more dimensions than those measured by the test ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Linear Regression - correct answer✔✔The statistical process used to predict one set of test
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scores from one set of criterion scores
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Multiple Regression - correct answer✔✔The process whereby more than one set of test
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scores is used to predict one set of criterion scores
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Intercept - correct answer✔✔The place where the regression line crosses the y-axis
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Slope - correct answer✔✔The expected change in Y for every one unit change in X on the
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regression line ||\\//||




Construct Expication - correct answer✔✔Three steps for defining or explaining a ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




psychological construct ||\\//||




Hypothesis - correct answer✔✔Educated guesses or predictions based on a theory ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||