Question 1

"A measure of how stable a test is over time" is an example of which of the following types of reliability?

Accepted Answer

A) interrater 
B) test-retest 
C) parallel forms 
D) internal consistency 
A) interrater 
B) test-retest 
C) parallel forms 
D) internal consistency B

Question 2

For a total of 80 possible agreements,there are 60 times where Teacher A and Teacher B agreed on whether students in college checked their cellphone in the classroom.What is the interrater reliability coefficient?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.33 
B) 0.80 
C) 25 
D) 0.75 
A) 1.33 
B) 0.80 
C) 25 
D) 0.75 D

Question 3

How does error impact reliability? Write the general equation for reliability that demonstrates this concept.

Accepted Answer

An increase in error results in a decrease in reliability,and a decrease in error results in an increase in reliability.Observed Score = True Score + Error Score.

Question 4

If you correlate scores from your test with some other valid measure that assesses the same set of abilities,what type of validity evidence are you collecting?

Accepted Answer

A) criterion validity 
B) content validity 
C) construct validity 
D) internal consistency 
A) criterion validity 
B) content validity 
C) construct validity 
D) internal consistency

Question 5

Interrater reliability measures consistency ______.

Accepted Answer

A) over time 
B) from form to form 
C) across different tests 
D) from rater to rater 
A) over time 
B) from form to form 
C) across different tests 
D) from rater to rater

Question 6

The correlation between scores from Time 1 and Time 2 is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) test-retest reliability 
B) parallel forms reliability 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) similar-forms reliability 
A) test-retest reliability 
B) parallel forms reliability 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) similar-forms reliability

Question 7

What is the difference between reliability and validity?

Accepted Answer

Validity wants to know what is

Question 8

What type of validity is concerned with the adequate representation of test items?

Accepted Answer

A) content validity 
B) predictive validity 
C) concurrent validity 
D) construct validity 
A) content validity 
B) predictive validity 
C) concurrent validity 
D) construct validity

Question 9

To use archery practice as a metaphor for reliability and validity,hitting the bull's-eye of a target demonstrates ______,whereas repeatedly hitting the target in the same small area demonstrates ______.

Accepted Answer

validity;r

Question 10

All but which of the following are measures of reliability?

Accepted Answer

A) test-retest reliability 
B) multiple-forms reliability 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) interrater reliability 
A) test-retest reliability 
B) multiple-forms reliability 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) interrater reliability

Question 11

Interrater reliability is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) measure of consistency 
B) measure of stability 
C) measure of agreement 
D) measure of equivalence 
A) measure of consistency 
B) measure of stability 
C) measure of agreement 
D) measure of equivalence

Question 12

If you wanted to examine the impact of fast-food consumption on weight gain,what would your measurement of weight gain be?

Accepted Answer

A) dependent variable 
B) treatment variable 
C) predictor variable 
D) independent variable 
A) dependent variable 
B) treatment variable 
C) predictor variable 
D) independent variable

Question 13

The number of agreements between your two raters divided by the total number of possible agreements is the way to calculate ______.

Accepted Answer

A) parallel forms reliability 
B) multiple judges reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) multiple judges validity 
A) parallel forms reliability 
B) multiple judges reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) multiple judges validity

Question 14

Reliability and validity specifically relate to the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) correlations between variables 
B) appropriateness of the statistical tests chosen 
C) qualitative methodology 
D) quality of the data 
A) correlations between variables 
B) appropriateness of the statistical tests chosen 
C) qualitative methodology 
D) quality of the data

Question 15

If your test is not reliable,you must try to lower your error.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Test-retest reliability is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) measure of consistency 
B) measure of reliability over time 
C) measure of agreement 
D) measure of equivalence 
A) measure of consistency 
B) measure of reliability over time 
C) measure of agreement 
D) measure of equivalence

Question 17

What is the score that you would receive if the test contained no error?

Accepted Answer

A) observed score 
B) actual score 
C) true score 
D) error score 
A) observed score 
B) actual score 
C) true score 
D) error score

Question 18

Cronbach's alpha is used to calculate ______.

Accepted Answer

A) internal consistency reliability 
B) internal consistency validity 
C) parallel forms reliability 
D) internal validity 
A) internal consistency reliability 
B) internal consistency validity 
C) parallel forms reliability 
D) internal validity

Question 19

Observed scores are commonly exactly the same as true scores in the social and behavioral sciences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the difference between the TRUE score and the observed score?

Accepted Answer

A) critical score 
B) error score 
C) expected score 
D) reliable score 
A) critical score 
B) error score 
C) expected score 
D) reliable score

"A measure of how stable a test is over time" is an example of which of the following types of reliability?

For a total of 80 possible agreements,there are 60 times where Teacher A and Teacher B agreed on whether students in college checked their cellphone in the classroom.What is the interrater reliability coefficient?

How does error impact reliability? Write the general equation for reliability that demonstrates this concept.

If you correlate scores from your test with some other valid measure that assesses the same set of abilities,what type of validity evidence are you collecting?

Interrater reliability measures consistency ______.

The correlation between scores from Time 1 and Time 2 is called ______.

What is the difference between reliability and validity?

What type of validity is concerned with the adequate representation of test items?

To use archery practice as a metaphor for reliability and validity,hitting the bull's-eye of a target demonstrates ,whereas repeatedly hitting the target in the same small area demonstrates .

All but which of the following are measures of reliability?

Interrater reliability is an example of which of the following?

If you wanted to examine the impact of fast-food consumption on weight gain,what would your measurement of weight gain be?

The number of agreements between your two raters divided by the total number of possible agreements is the way to calculate ______.

Reliability and validity specifically relate to the ______.

If your test is not reliable,you must try to lower your error.

Test-retest reliability is an example of which of the following?

What is the score that you would receive if the test contained no error?

Cronbach's alpha is used to calculate ______.

Observed scores are commonly exactly the same as true scores in the social and behavioral sciences.

What is the difference between the TRUE score and the observed score?

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"A measure of how stable a test is over time" is an example of which of the following types of reliability?

For a total of 80 possible agreements,there are 60 times where Teacher A and Teacher B agreed on whether students in college checked their cellphone in the classroom.What is the interrater reliability coefficient?

How does error impact reliability? Write the general equation for reliability that demonstrates this concept.

If you correlate scores from your test with some other valid measure that assesses the same set of abilities,what type of validity evidence are you collecting?

Interrater reliability measures consistency ______.

The correlation between scores from Time 1 and Time 2 is called ______.

What is the difference between reliability and validity?

What type of validity is concerned with the adequate representation of test items?

To use archery practice as a metaphor for reliability and validity,hitting the bull's-eye of a target demonstrates ______,whereas repeatedly hitting the target in the same small area demonstrates ______.

All but which of the following are measures of reliability?

Interrater reliability is an example of which of the following?

If you wanted to examine the impact of fast-food consumption on weight gain,what would your measurement of weight gain be?

The number of agreements between your two raters divided by the total number of possible agreements is the way to calculate ______.

Reliability and validity specifically relate to the ______.

If your test is not reliable,you must try to lower your error.

Test-retest reliability is an example of which of the following?

What is the score that you would receive if the test contained no error?

Cronbach's alpha is used to calculate ______.

Observed scores are commonly exactly the same as true scores in the social and behavioral sciences.

What is the difference between the TRUE score and the observed score?

Statistics or Sadistics Its up to You

Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages

Understanding Variability: Vive La Différence

A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and Crime

Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

Probability and Why It Counts: Fun With a Bell-Shaped Curve

Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me

Only the Lonely: the One Sample Z-Test

Teafor Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups

Teafor Two Again: Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

Two Groups Too Many Try Analysis of Variance

Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variancea Brief Introduction

Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficients: Cousins or Just Good Friends

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Some Other Importantstatistical Procedures You Should Know About

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To use archery practice as a metaphor for reliability and validity,hitting the bull's-eye of a target demonstrates ,whereas repeatedly hitting the target in the same small area demonstrates .