Involves classification or categorization based on one or more distinguishing characteristics.
What is a nominal scale?
100
Contains equal intervals between numbers.
What is an interval scale?
100
An operational definition.
What is a construct?
100
Consistently yields the same result.
What is reliability?
100
Really measures what it intends to measure.
What is validity?
200
Gathering and integration of information from tests, clinical interviews, questionnaires, behavioral assessments, etc.
What is psychological assessment?
200
Sum of the observations in this case divided by the number of observations.
What is the mean?
200
The average performance of different samples of test-takers who were at various ages when the test was administered.
What are age norms?
200
In the formula X = T + E, T refers to
What is the true score?
200
A measure of validity based on an evaluation of the subjects, topics, or content covered by the items in the test.
What is content validity?
300
Process of administering a test to a representative sample to establish norms.
What is standardization?
300
The nature and extent to which symmetry is absent in a distribution.
What is skewness?
300
Test developers select a population, for which the test is intended, that has at least one common, observable characteristic.
What is sampling?
300
The difference between one’s observed score and one’s theoretical true score.
What is error?
300
A type of construct validity that shows tests that should not correlate with irrelevant tests.
What is discriminant validity?
400
Coined the term mental test in 1890.
Who is Cattell?
400
The most common type of scale used in psychological tests.
What is a continuous scale?
400
A sample that is convenient or available for use and may not be representative of the population.
What is an incidental or convenience sample?
400
The degree of relatedness of items on a test. Able to gauge the homogeneity of a test.
What is inter-item consistency?
500
Case in which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient.
What is the Tarasoff case?
500
The steepness of a distribution in its center.
What is kurtosis?
500
Test performance data of a particular group of test-takers that are designed for use as a reference when evaluating or interpreting individual test scores.
What is norms?
500
Provides a confidence band around scores.
What is the standard error of measurement (SEM)?
500
A measure of validity obtained by evaluating the relationship of scores obtained on the test to scores on other tests or measures.