PSYCH 309 BRAITHWAITE -- PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTIN
1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Test c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cmeasurement cdevice cor ctechinque cused cto cquantify, cunderstand,
Item c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cspecific cstimulus cto cwhich ca cperson cresponds covertly.
State c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cquality cthat cis cunstable cin can cindividual cthroughout ctime.
Trait c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Enduring ccharacteristics cthat cremain cstable cthroughout ctime.
Achievement c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Used cto cmeasure cone's ccurrent cability cin ca cdomain
Aptitude c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Used cto cmeasure cpotential cability cin ca cdomain
Intelligence cTesting c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Determine ca cperson's cpotential cto csolve cproblems, ca
cabstractly, c& cprofit cfrom cexperience
Reliability c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The ctendency cfor ca ctest cto cget cthe csame cresults cwith crepeate
Validity c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A ctest cthat cmeasures cwhat cit cclaims cto cmeasure
Test cBatteries c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Two cor cmore ctests cgiven cin csuccession
Standardization c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Develop ca cspecific cset cof cprocedures cfor cthe cadministrat
cof ca ctest. cProvides cnorms cwith cwhich cto ccompare cthe cresults cfor cany cnew csubjects.
Representative cSample c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A csample cthat caccurately crepresents cthe cpopulat
cmeasure. cFaster/easier.
, Psychometry c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cscience cof cpsychological cmeasurements. cDeals cwith cre
Norm-Referenced cTest c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Tests care cpassed/failed caccording cto chow cyou cdo
Criterion cReferenced ctest c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Test cthat cis cpassed/failed caccording cto cwhethe
cpredetermined cscore
What ctypes cof cquestions care canswered cby cpsychologists cthrough cassessment? c- cCORRECT cA
cdiagnoses cin cthe cclinic, cbusiness cproblems
In cwhat csettings cdo cpsychologists cassess cand cwhat cis ctheir cprimary cresponsibility cin ceach? c- c
Properties cof cScales c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Equal cIntervals, cZero cPoint, cMagnitude c(order)
Discrete cvs cContinuous c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Exclusive ccategories cvs cinfinite cnumber cof cvalue
4 cscales cof cmeasurement c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Nominal, cOrdinal, cInterval, cRatio
Examples cof c4 cScales cof cMeasurment c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Nominal: cRace
Ordinal: cOrder cin ca crace
Interval: cDegrees cF
Ratio: cDegrees cKelvin
Frequency cDistribution cvs cHistogram c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Histogram cis ca cclose cbar cgraph. cF
cvalue.
Percentile c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Percent cof cscores cbelow ca ccertain cscore. cMedian c= c50th c%
Central cTendency c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Describes cwhere cthe cdata ccenters caround c(Mean, cme
Mean, cMedian, cMode cPro's/Con's c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Mean c-- cGood cfor ctaking ceach cscore c
ccompute cmeasures cof cvariability. cBad: cOutliers
Median: cNot caffected cby coutliers cbut cignores call cvalues cexcept cthe cmiddle cone.
Mode: cUseful conly cin cnominal cdata. cCan cmisrepresent cdata cotherwise
Variance/SD c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔How cfar ca cset cof c# care cspread cout cfrom ctheir caverage cval
cthe cgroup cas ca cwhole
Normal cDistribution c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Bell ccurve. cOccurs cthrough cCLT c-- ca ccertain cpercen
cSD
Skewness c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Ceiling ceffect: cnegatively cskewed, cfloor: cpositively cskewed. c+ c
ca ctail
Kurtosis c-- c3 ctypes c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Meso: cnormal, cPlayti,: cflat cLepto: chigh
Z-Score c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Data ctransformed cin cterms cof chow cmany cSDs caway cfrom cthe cm
cdeviation.
T-Score c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔z*10 c+50. cMean cof c50, cSD cof c10 c(assumes climits cof c0 cand c10
Quartiles/Interquartile cRange c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Dividing cinto cfour. cIQR cis cused cas ca cmeas
cupper cand clower c25%)
1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Test c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cmeasurement cdevice cor ctechinque cused cto cquantify, cunderstand,
Item c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cspecific cstimulus cto cwhich ca cperson cresponds covertly.
State c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cquality cthat cis cunstable cin can cindividual cthroughout ctime.
Trait c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Enduring ccharacteristics cthat cremain cstable cthroughout ctime.
Achievement c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Used cto cmeasure cone's ccurrent cability cin ca cdomain
Aptitude c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Used cto cmeasure cpotential cability cin ca cdomain
Intelligence cTesting c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Determine ca cperson's cpotential cto csolve cproblems, ca
cabstractly, c& cprofit cfrom cexperience
Reliability c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The ctendency cfor ca ctest cto cget cthe csame cresults cwith crepeate
Validity c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A ctest cthat cmeasures cwhat cit cclaims cto cmeasure
Test cBatteries c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Two cor cmore ctests cgiven cin csuccession
Standardization c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Develop ca cspecific cset cof cprocedures cfor cthe cadministrat
cof ca ctest. cProvides cnorms cwith cwhich cto ccompare cthe cresults cfor cany cnew csubjects.
Representative cSample c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A csample cthat caccurately crepresents cthe cpopulat
cmeasure. cFaster/easier.
, Psychometry c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cscience cof cpsychological cmeasurements. cDeals cwith cre
Norm-Referenced cTest c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Tests care cpassed/failed caccording cto chow cyou cdo
Criterion cReferenced ctest c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Test cthat cis cpassed/failed caccording cto cwhethe
cpredetermined cscore
What ctypes cof cquestions care canswered cby cpsychologists cthrough cassessment? c- cCORRECT cA
cdiagnoses cin cthe cclinic, cbusiness cproblems
In cwhat csettings cdo cpsychologists cassess cand cwhat cis ctheir cprimary cresponsibility cin ceach? c- c
Properties cof cScales c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Equal cIntervals, cZero cPoint, cMagnitude c(order)
Discrete cvs cContinuous c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Exclusive ccategories cvs cinfinite cnumber cof cvalue
4 cscales cof cmeasurement c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Nominal, cOrdinal, cInterval, cRatio
Examples cof c4 cScales cof cMeasurment c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Nominal: cRace
Ordinal: cOrder cin ca crace
Interval: cDegrees cF
Ratio: cDegrees cKelvin
Frequency cDistribution cvs cHistogram c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Histogram cis ca cclose cbar cgraph. cF
cvalue.
Percentile c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Percent cof cscores cbelow ca ccertain cscore. cMedian c= c50th c%
Central cTendency c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Describes cwhere cthe cdata ccenters caround c(Mean, cme
Mean, cMedian, cMode cPro's/Con's c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Mean c-- cGood cfor ctaking ceach cscore c
ccompute cmeasures cof cvariability. cBad: cOutliers
Median: cNot caffected cby coutliers cbut cignores call cvalues cexcept cthe cmiddle cone.
Mode: cUseful conly cin cnominal cdata. cCan cmisrepresent cdata cotherwise
Variance/SD c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔How cfar ca cset cof c# care cspread cout cfrom ctheir caverage cval
cthe cgroup cas ca cwhole
Normal cDistribution c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Bell ccurve. cOccurs cthrough cCLT c-- ca ccertain cpercen
cSD
Skewness c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Ceiling ceffect: cnegatively cskewed, cfloor: cpositively cskewed. c+ c
ca ctail
Kurtosis c-- c3 ctypes c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Meso: cnormal, cPlayti,: cflat cLepto: chigh
Z-Score c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Data ctransformed cin cterms cof chow cmany cSDs caway cfrom cthe cm
cdeviation.
T-Score c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔z*10 c+50. cMean cof c50, cSD cof c10 c(assumes climits cof c0 cand c10
Quartiles/Interquartile cRange c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Dividing cinto cfour. cIQR cis cused cas ca cmeas
cupper cand clower c25%)
