Evidence supporting the use of test scores
Validity
What is reliability?
Consistency of test scores
Given during the counseling intake session
Diagnostic Assessment/Biopsychosocial
Leader in vocational counseling
Frank Parsons
Name a career assessment
varied answers
If the content of the test is valid for the kind of test
Content Validity
When two or more raters give consistent scores or judgments, this type of reliability is demonstrated
Inter-rater reliability
Rorschach Inkblot
He created the first intelligence test
Alfred Binet
What is the normal curve?
bell-shaped distribution that human traits tend to fall along
Relationship between test scores and a future standard
Predictive Reliability
What is Cronbach's alpha?
A counseling assessment that shows high internal consistency would likely score well on this statistical measure, often represented by the Greek letter α (alpha)
Assesses appearance and behavior, emotional state, thought, and cognitive functioning
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
First modern group test used during World War I
Army Alpha
What is the mean of these scores: 99, 65, 78, 88, and 97
85.4.
Also considered the "here and now"
Concurrent Validity
This term refers to correlating one half of a test against the other half
Split-half reliability
This cognitive ability test is often used to predict achievement in college and graduate school
SAT or ACT
Tests that measure what a person can do in the cognitive real
Ability Assessments of Assessments of Ability
Based on validity, reliability, cross-cultural fairness, and practicality
test worthiness
Evidence that an idea or concept is being measured by a test
Construct Validity
Relationship between scores from one test given at two different administrations
Test-retest reliability
These assessments use standardized tools with fixed questions and scoring systems to measure traits like personality or mental health symptoms
Standardized assessment
He introduced the concept of the intelligence quotient (IQ) by revising the Binet-Simon scale in the United States
Lewis Terman
Name one thing that you learned during the course and how it will help you as a counselor
answers will vary