Question 1

Asking patients where their injured back hurts illustrates ____ validity.

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive 
B)  face 
C)  construct 
D)  content 
A)  predictive 
B)  face 
C)  construct 
D)  content

Question 2

How does the current edition of Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing conceptualize validity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Validity is a non-statistical measure for non-quantitative tests. 
B)  Validity should only be assessed when reliability is low. 
C)  Validity is a unitary concept that represents all evidence. 
D)  Only one type of validity must be high and the others can be low. 
A)  Validity is a non-statistical measure for non-quantitative tests. 
B)  Validity should only be assessed when reliability is low. 
C)  Validity is a unitary concept that represents all evidence. 
D)  Only one type of validity must be high and the others can be low.

Question 3

At what point would we assume that the construct validity of a test has been established and no more studies should be done?

Accepted Answer

A)  when we have shown that it correlates with several other measures designed to tap the same construct 
B)  when we have shown that it does not correlate with measures designed to tap different constructs 
C)  never - construct validation is an ongoing process 
D)  when the validity coefficients are above .8 
A)  when we have shown that it correlates with several other measures designed to tap the same construct 
B)  when we have shown that it does not correlate with measures designed to tap different constructs 
C)  never - construct validation is an ongoing process 
D)  when the validity coefficients are above .8

Question 4

When Ms.Anderson applied for an administrative assistant job in a factory,she was given a test that examined her typing ability,political affiliation,and filing ability.This test clearly violates what kind of validity?

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive 
B)  construct 
C)  criterion 
D)  content 
A)  predictive 
B)  construct 
C)  criterion 
D)  content

Question 5

Some studies have failed to demonstrate that the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)is a good predictor of grade point average in graduate school.One of the difficulties with these studies is that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Graduate Record Exam is rarely used as a predictor of graduate school success. 
B)  the Graduate Record Exam was validated on a very small sample of students. 
C)  both grade point average and GRE scores have a restricted range for graduate students. 
D)  the Graduate Record Exam has no reliability. 
A)  the Graduate Record Exam is rarely used as a predictor of graduate school success. 
B)  the Graduate Record Exam was validated on a very small sample of students. 
C)  both grade point average and GRE scores have a restricted range for graduate students. 
D)  the Graduate Record Exam has no reliability.

Question 6

The agreement between a test score and the construct it is presumed to measure is referred to as its

Accepted Answer

A)  stability. 
B)  alpha level. 
C)  reliability. 
D)  validity. 
A)  stability. 
B)  alpha level. 
C)  reliability. 
D)  validity.

Question 7

Discriminant and convergent evidence provide evidence for what type of validity?

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive 
B)  criterion 
C)  content 
D)  construct 
A)  predictive 
B)  criterion 
C)  content 
D)  construct

Question 8

Suppose you are consulting for a company that uses a test to predict how successful job applicants might be on the job.The test is being challenged in the courts.Discuss the types of evidence you would use to defend the test

Accepted Answer

The answer of Suppose you are consulting for a company...

Question 9

In Rubin's study on the Love Scale,the amount of time lovers spent gazing into each other's eyes was used as evidence for the scale's

Accepted Answer

A)  face validity. 
B)  criterion validity. 
C)  convergent validity. 
D)  content validity. 
A)  face validity. 
B)  criterion validity. 
C)  convergent validity. 
D)  content validity.

Asking patients where their injured back hurts illustrates ____ validity.

How does the current edition of Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing conceptualize validity?

At what point would we assume that the construct validity of a test has been established and no more studies should be done?

When Ms.Anderson applied for an administrative assistant job in a factory,she was given a test that examined her typing ability,political affiliation,and filing ability.This test clearly violates what kind of validity?

Some studies have failed to demonstrate that the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)is a good predictor of grade point average in graduate school.One of the difficulties with these studies is that

The agreement between a test score and the construct it is presumed to measure is referred to as its

Discriminant and convergent evidence provide evidence for what type of validity?

Suppose you are consulting for a company that uses a test to predict how successful job applicants might be on the job.The test is being challenged in the courts.Discuss the types of evidence you would use to defend the test

In Rubin's study on the Love Scale,the amount of time lovers spent gazing into each other's eyes was used as evidence for the scale's

Introduction

Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing

Correlation and Regression

Reliability

Test Bias

Writing and Evaluating Test Items

Interviewing Techniques

Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales

The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: Wais-Iv, wisc-Iv, and Wppsi-III

Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education

Standardized Tests in Education, civil Service, and the Military

Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings

Projective Personality Tests

Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing

Testing in Counseling Psychology

Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care

Testing in Industrial and Business Settings

Ethics and the Future of Psychological Testing

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Exam 5: Validity

Asking patients where their injured back hurts illustrates ____ validity.

How does the current edition of Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing conceptualize validity?

At what point would we assume that the construct validity of a test has been established and no more studies should be done?

When Ms.Anderson applied for an administrative assistant job in a factory,she was given a test that examined her typing ability,political affiliation,and filing ability.This test clearly violates what kind of validity?

Some studies have failed to demonstrate that the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)is a good predictor of grade point average in graduate school.One of the difficulties with these studies is that

The agreement between a test score and the construct it is presumed to measure is referred to as its

Discriminant and convergent evidence provide evidence for what type of validity?

Suppose you are consulting for a company that uses a test to predict how successful job applicants might be on the job.The test is being challenged in the courts.Discuss the types of evidence you would use to defend the test

In Rubin's study on the Love Scale,the amount of time lovers spent gazing into each other's eyes was used as evidence for the scale's

Introduction

Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing

Correlation and Regression

Reliability

Test Bias

Writing and Evaluating Test Items

Interviewing Techniques

Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales

The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: Wais-Iv, wisc-Iv, and Wppsi-III

Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education

Standardized Tests in Education, civil Service, and the Military

Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings

Projective Personality Tests

Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing

Testing in Counseling Psychology

Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care

Testing in Industrial and Business Settings

Ethics and the Future of Psychological Testing

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