Important People
The inventors of the first intelligence test
Who are Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon?
Unlike the inkblot Rorschach test, this projective test for ages 4 and up uses 20 pictures
What is the TAT?
This test relies on a standard age score (SAS) with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 16.
What is the Stanford-Binet? (MA/CA x 100)
The Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence can effectively measure this kind of reliability of a test without dividing the test in halves.
What is internal consistency reliability/homogeneity?
This interpretive measure compares scores to other's scores to rank individuals
What is norm reference?
He concluded that intelligence was normally distributed like height and weight and that it was primarily genetic
Who is Francis Galton?
This factor-analysis test, suitable for ages 16+, measures key personality features like assertiveness and emotional maturity.
What is the 16 PF?
Tom scores 106 points on a test with a standard deviation of 3. Based on this information, Tom scores what range of numbers 68% of the time?
What is 103-109?
This test attempts to expunge items which would be known only to an individual due to his or her background.
What is a culture-fair test?
This interpretive measure tests skill and mastery by comparing scores to a set standard
What is criterion reference?
The inventor of the Wechsler intelligence scales
Who is David Wechsler?
This test, requiring a 6th grade reading level and 60-90 minutes to complete, is a self-report personality inventory used since 1989 and is suitable for those over 18.
What is the MMPI-2?
Whereas with Z-scores the mean is zero and the standard deviation is 1.0, T-scores reflect a mean of 50 and this standard deviation.
What is 10?
This amendment means a college student can view her record, her daughter's IQ test results, and demand a correction discovered while reading a file.
What is Public Law 93-380/the Buckley Amendment?
This phenomenon depicts scores moving toward the mean on retests
What is statistical regression?
This person is the inventor of the projective test known as the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)
Who is Henry Murrary?
This Wechsler test is the best intelligence test for a kindergartener
What is the WPPSI-III? (Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
A counselor creating a test with a reliability coefficient of .82 makes this type of alteration to the test to bring the reliability coefficient down from .82, thus making the test less reliable.
This type of validity matches the theoretical concept it is intended to measure.
What is construct validity?
This measurement compares scores to a person's own prior score to measure improvement
What is ipsatively interpreted?
The 16 PF reflects this person's work
Who is Raymond B. Cattell?
This Wechsler test is best suited for a single, 22-year old adult male.
What is the WAIS-III? (Adult Intelligence Scale)
This standard deviation results in a test that 68% of people would score between 85 and 115.
What is a standard deviation of 15? (WAIS-III, pg. 693)
This tool when used results in a plotted distribution of scores and is used to find how accurate or inaccurate a test score is.
What is the standard error of measurement?
A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve where the mean, median, and mode are all the same, with about 68% of the data falling within one standard deviation
What is a normal distribution (bell curve distribution)?