Exam 6: Scales-Texts-And-Indexes

The interquartile range is the difference between the third and first quartile,or Q3-Q1.

Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers" (i.e. ,they refuse to attend school).She uses a multivariate statistical method that identifies the underlying constructs that describe the data.Brenda is using ____.

The _______________ of a test is very often studied by having experts review the items in a test to be sure they cover the domain comprehensively.

The Method of Equal-Appearing Intervals is a(n)____ scaling method.

Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers" (i.e. ,they refuse to attend school).She finds that the test is very accurate in identifying girls,but tends to be far less accurate in identifying boys at risk.This is particularly distressing to Brenda,as children identified as potential school refusers receive more positive attention and additional services from the school.Brenda is concerned about the test's ____.

A(n)____ is used to collect answers on instruments.

When the Method of Equal-Appearing Intervals is used,experts rate the favorability of potential items on a scale of 1 to ____.

A scale asks individuals to indicate how interesting they find activities on a scale of 1 to 5,with 1 being not at all interested and 5 being extremely interested.This is best described as a(n)____ scale.

A(n)_______________ is one in which different components of the index are combined in different amounts or with different emphasis.

A(n)____ is typically used to assess behaviors of people,organizations,or processes.

One of the first and most productive scaling theorists was ____.

The branch of measurement that involves the construction of an instrument that associates qualitative constructs with quantitative metric units is _______________.

According to semantic differential theory,any object can be related along ____ dimensions.

A response scale ____.

​Scaling ____.

A response scale like agree/disagree or support/oppose is a(n)_______________ scale.

The "evaluation" dimension of the semantic differential refers to whether what is being rated is viewed ____.

The semantic differential includes the dimension of ____.

A(n)____ is typically developed to assess knowledge or skill.

When Likert scaling is used,one of the criteria for the inclusion of an item in the final scale is based on ____.