Exam 19: Test Bias

The SOMPA system uses portions of the

The BITCH may help to assess

Which of the following is defined by implicit theories about the determinants of success and failure?

Which SOMPA component uses the norms within a particular subgroup for defining deviance?

Which of these ethical positions most explicitly recognizes race and gender differences?

____ attempts to identify items that are specifically biased against specific groups.

Which model of test fairness do you prefer and why?

Sander's position that students who were accepted in law schools by affirmative action tend to perform worse than other students

In a California trial, a judge remarked that ignorance and stupidity are two competing explanations for poor test performance. According to the stupidity explanation, poor test performance

What did psychologist Carol Dweck identify as a crucial ingredient of intellectual growth of children and young adults?

Exhibit 19-1 Refer to Exhibit 19-1. In the above figure, a test score of 6 is associated with a criterion score of approximately ____ for Group A and ____ for Group B.

Although the quota system may adequately represent minority groups, it

Over the last decade, SAT scores have been

Which of the following was a result of the decision by the University of California to reject the SAT-I?

The finding that intelligence scores have changed significantly over time for some groups lends support to the argument that

Williams created the BITCH to test

Which term was coined in the most recent version of Standards For Educational And Psychological Testing to describe different patterns of association between test scores and criterion variables for different demographic groups?

A fixed mindset is associated with a ________ view of intelligence.

The most clear-cut case of test bias is shown when the regression lines for two groups have ____ slopes and ____ intercepts.

Scores on the BITCH have been shown to be