Exam 5: Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Crosscultural Fairness, and Practicality

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -In developing the test, counseling books were surveyed and experts were contacted in an effort to create items.

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Question 41

Match each description to the term or concept listed below. -The degree to which an instrument's scores are free from error of measurement.

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Question 42

Which of the following is NOT a step in determining the content validity of an instrument?

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Question 43

Griggs v. Duke Power Company asserted:

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Question 44

Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?

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Question 45

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Student scores on the exam are correlated with how well supervisors rate them two years later.

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Question 46

Rather than giving individualized tests to assess learning disabilities to thousands of students, a school system decides to first use a shortened version of the test that can be given in a group format. This decision is mostly concerned with which test worthiness issue?

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Question 47

A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:

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Question 48

The Americans with Disabilities Act asserted:

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Question 49

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -The test is correlated with the national comprehensive exams to assure that the two tests are not measuring the same thing.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 50

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Content validity

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Question 51

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Kuder-Richardson reliability

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Question 52

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Students who are graduating from their master's degrees take the test, and, at the same time, their test scores are correlated with professor rankings of how good a student they are.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 53

Which of the following does NOT describe validity?

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Question 54

Practicality has to do with all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 55

Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?

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Question 56

One problem with split-half reliability is that due to fact that you are correlating two shorter halves, you can create greater error in your correlation coefficient.

(True/False)

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Question 57

Which of the following scatterplots would best define the relationship between intelligence (IQ) and height?

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Question 58

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Parallel form reliability

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Question 59

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act asserted:

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Question 60

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Match each description to the term or concept listed below. -The degree to which an instrument's scores are free from error of measurement.

Which of the following is NOT a step in determining the content validity of an instrument?

Griggs v. Duke Power Company asserted:

Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?

Rather than giving individualized tests to assess learning disabilities to thousands of students, a school system decides to first use a shortened version of the test that can be given in a group format. This decision is mostly concerned with which test worthiness issue?

A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:

The Americans with Disabilities Act asserted:

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Content validity

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Kuder-Richardson reliability

Which of the following does NOT describe validity?

Practicality has to do with all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?

One problem with split-half reliability is that due to fact that you are correlating two shorter halves, you can create greater error in your correlation coefficient.

Which of the following scatterplots would best define the relationship between intelligence (IQ) and height?

In developing the national certification exam for counselors, the test developers wanted to assure adequate validity and reliability. For the following items, place the letter that represents the kind of validity or reliability described. -Parallel form reliability

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act asserted:

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

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