Tests & Inventories
A counseling test consists of 300 forced response items. The person taking the test can take as long as he or she wants to answer the questions.
a. This is most likely a projective measure.
b. This is most likely a speed test.
c. This is most likely a power test.
d. This is most likely an invalid measure.
c. This is most likely a power test.
Quizlet
A valid test is _____ reliable
a. not always
b. always
c. never
d. 80%
b. always
BUT a reliable test is not always valid. (broken scale)
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How is parallel form reliability derived?
a. Administering multiple types of a test to different individuals
b. Administering two types of a test to the same individuals
c. Administering one type of test to the same individuals
d. Administering two types of a test to different individuals
b. Administering two types of a test to the same individuals
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Name 3 informal assessment techniques.
Self-report, case notes, checklists, sociograms of groups, interviews, journals, and professional staffings.
An aptitude test is to _____ as an achievement test is to _____.
a. what has been learned; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
c. profit from learning; potential
d. a measure of current skills; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
The best intelligence test for a sixth-grade girl would be the
a. WPPSI-III.
b. WAIS-III.
c. WISC-IV.
d. Merrill-Palmer.
c. WISC-IV.
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children is appropriate for kids ages 6-16.
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Define Validity
degree to which a test measures what it purports to measure.
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All of these are characteristics of test reliability EXCEPT
a. Stability
b. Equivalence
c. Internal Consistency
d. Predictive
d. Predictive
A test format could be normative or ipsative. In the normative format
a. each item depends on the item before it.
b. each item depends on the item after it.
c. the client must possess an IQ within the normal range.
d. each item is independent of all other items.
d. each item is independent of all other items.
Quizlet
4. Which of the following is not a measure of central
tendency:
A. mode
B. median
C. probability
D. mean
C. probability
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Which is not an acceptable format for projective tests
a. Association
b. Convention
c. Construction
d. Completion
b. Convention
Which of the following is the main concern of cultural validity?
a. Whether a given assessment accurately captures its desired construct
b. whether counselors are prepared for cultural difference
c. Whether an organization has implemented diversity protocols
d. Whether a given assessment is valid with non-dominant cultures
d. Whether a given assessment is valid with non-dominant cultures
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about how the standard error of measurement is used?
a. It is useful for the interpretation of individual test scores
b. It can help determine the range of where a test score falls
c. Every test that is given has its own unique SEM value
d. It is calculated after the test has been taken and scored
d. It is calculated after the test has been taken and scored
mometrix
Define difficulty index
Indicates percentage of people who answered each item correctly.
quizlet
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about how the standard error of measurement is used?
a. It is useful for the interpretation of individual test scores
b. It can help determine the range where a test score falls
c. Every test that is given has its own unique SEM value
d. It is calculated after the test has been taken and scored
d. It is calculated after the test has been taken and scored
mometrix
A test battery is considered
a. a horizontal test.
b. a vertical test.
c. a valid test.
d. a reliable test.
a. a horizontal test.
Quizlet
Name the five basic types of validity.
Content, construct, concurrent, predictive, and consequential.
The same test is given to the same group of people using the test-retest reliability method. The correlation between the first and second administration is .70. The true variance (i.e., the percentage of shared variance or the level of the same thing measured in both) is
a. 70%
b. 100%
c. 50%
d. 49%
d. 49%
Square the correlation (reliability coefficient) .70 x .70 = .49 x 100 = 49%
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Define test battery
A group, series, or set of several tests designed to be administered as a unit in order to obtain a comprehensive assessment of a particular factor or phenomenon.
The WAIS-IV is given to 100,000 individuals in the United States who are picked at random. A counselor should expect that
a. approximately 68% would score between 85 and 115
b. approximately 68% would score between 70 and 130
c. the mean IQ would be 112
d. 50% of those tested would score 112 or above
a. approximately 68% would score between 85 and 115
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Define TAT
Thematic Apperceptions Test is a type of projective test that involves describing ambiguous scenes to learn more about a person's emotions, motivations, and personality.
11. To establish its validity, a new test was administered to the same group which took a well‐established test. The correlation coefficient between the two tests was .70. The amount of variance common to both instruments was
A. less than 50 percent.
B. 50 to 60 percent.
C. 61 to 70 percent.
D. more than 70 percent
A. less than 50 percent.
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a. Shorter time between retests increases reliability
b. Longer time between retests increases reliability
c. Reliability is not impacted by time between administrations
d. Reliability is more difficult to determine than variability
a. Shorter time between retests increases reliability
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Which of the following is true of a histogram?
a. It is a depiction of score frequency by column
b. It is a depiction of construct validity by column
c. It is a depiction of scores along a continuum by line graph
d. It is a depiction of score frequency by line graph
a. It is a depiction of score frequency by column
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Who Americanized the Binet IQ?
Lewis Terman