Assessment NCE

Galton - Correct Answer-Developed first intelligence theory Binet - Correct Answer-Developed first modern intelligence test and coined term IQ Terman - Correct Answer-Revised Binet's IQ test into the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Quotient - Correct Answer-Mental age divided by chronological age x 100 Power Test - Correct Answer-Test that has no time limit and includes difficult items that few test takers can answer Speed Test - Correct Answer-Test with a time limit; usually have easy items but too many to answer in time limit Standardized Test - Correct Answer-Test that allows an individual's score to be compared to a norm group Mental Measurements Yearbook - Correct Answer-Best source of information about commercially available assessments; provides reviews of tests; has companion called Tests in Print Test Critiques - Correct Answer-Overview of assessments for the layperson Army Alpha and Beta - Correct Answer-Developed by Robert Yerkes to screen cognitive ability of military recruits; group intelligence test Validity - Correct Answer-Term that refers to whether test measures what it's supposed to measure; depends on test purpose and target population Content Validity - Correct Answer-A depression inventory that has ?s on all the aspects of depression (physical, emotional, cognitive) has what kind of validity? Criterion Validity - Correct Answer-Type of validity that shows how effective an instrument is at predicting an individual's performance; two kinds are concurrent and predictive Concurrent Validity - Correct Answer-Validity that looks at relationship between test results and another currently obtainable measure; ex. compare depression inventory with hospital admissions in last 6 months Predictive Validity - Correct Answer-Validity that looks at relationship between test results now and a measure collected in the future; ex. compare depression inventory with hospital admissions 2 years after the assessment Construct Validity - Correct Answer-How well does an instrument measure a theoretical idea or concept? example is a personality inventory Experimental Design Validity - Correct Answer-Validity that involves an experiment to show the instrument measures a certain construct; ex. have a therapist give depression inventory before and after therapy Factor Analysis - Correct Answer-Statistical technique to analyze relationship between an instrument's items; ex. are subscales on depression inventory related to each other and concept of depression? Convergent Validity - Correct Answer-Validity that looks at whether assessment is related to what it should be; ex. is depression inventory positively correlated to the Beck Depression Inventory? Discriminant Validity - Correct Answer-Ex. depression inventory scores are not related to scores from an achievement tes