VATI FINAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What is the most important characteristic of a measure?
Answer: Validity
◉ What is validity?
Answer: It is the degree to which a test is supposed to measure.
◉ What is reliability
Answer: A measure is unchanged over a short period of time.
◉ What is objectivity
Answer: Agreement between to raters
◉ What is a criterion score?
Answer: One's ability
◉ What is a mean score?
Answer: It is the mean of scores from all of the trials
◉ What is a best score?
, Answer: The optimal score out of all the trials
◉ What is Stability Reliability
Answer: It is when the same test/instrument is used on several
days and the scores change little from one day to the next?
◉ What are the factors contributing to low Stability Reliability?
Answer: Individuals tested may perform differently. Tester may
change. Measuring instrument may be applied or operate
differently.
◉ How is Internal Consistency Reliability Coefficient obtained?
Answer: The administrator must administer atleast two trials of
the test within the same day. For example, skin fold
measurements.
◉ What is the advantage of Internal Consistency Reliability?
Answer: All measures are obtained on the same day.
◉ What factors affect objectivity?
Answer: Clarity of the scoring system and degree to which
testers/judges can assign scores accurately.
◉ Define Validation
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What is the most important characteristic of a measure?
Answer: Validity
◉ What is validity?
Answer: It is the degree to which a test is supposed to measure.
◉ What is reliability
Answer: A measure is unchanged over a short period of time.
◉ What is objectivity
Answer: Agreement between to raters
◉ What is a criterion score?
Answer: One's ability
◉ What is a mean score?
Answer: It is the mean of scores from all of the trials
◉ What is a best score?
, Answer: The optimal score out of all the trials
◉ What is Stability Reliability
Answer: It is when the same test/instrument is used on several
days and the scores change little from one day to the next?
◉ What are the factors contributing to low Stability Reliability?
Answer: Individuals tested may perform differently. Tester may
change. Measuring instrument may be applied or operate
differently.
◉ How is Internal Consistency Reliability Coefficient obtained?
Answer: The administrator must administer atleast two trials of
the test within the same day. For example, skin fold
measurements.
◉ What is the advantage of Internal Consistency Reliability?
Answer: All measures are obtained on the same day.
◉ What factors affect objectivity?
Answer: Clarity of the scoring system and degree to which
testers/judges can assign scores accurately.
◉ Define Validation
