Exam 4: Test Scores and How to Use Them

Of the following, the best example of an equal-interval scale is

Given the scores 26, 16, 6, 24, 32, 10, 16, 26, 28, and 16, the mode is

The standard deviation of scores for a sample of children is 16, and the arithmetic mean is 100. The distribution of scores is a normal distribution. This means that approximately 34% of the cases will have scores between

A scale with four values that correspond to "not satisfied," "satisfied," "somewhat satisfied," and "very satisfied" is a(n) __________ scale.

Mr. Hamilton made a list of the highest to lowest scorers on his latest test. The list is as follows: Gary, Suzanne, Roberta, Victor, Elliot, Kris, Mark, Gail, and Bradley. What kind of scale is being used, and what can we say about class performance from this scale?

The kind of standard score that divides the normal-curve distribution into 100 equal intervals is the __________.

Given the scores 26, 16, 6, 24, 32, 10, 16, 28, 26, and 16, the mean is

The standard score that has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 is the

Relationships between variables are quantified through __________.

The type of standard score that is interpreted as a standard deviation unit is the __________.

Given the scores 26, 56, 38, 2, 30, 62, 8, 34, 54, and 10, the median is

The mean age in months for preschool children was reported as 25.5. The standard deviation for Group 1 was 3.4 and for Group 2, 4.9. From this, we may conclude that

A primary indicator of level of acculturation is the

Interpolation and extrapolation are ways to __________ a developmental score when the norm group did not include individuals of a certain age or grade.

Of the following, the best example of an ordinal scale is

Stanines are standard score bands that divide a distribution into __________ parts.

Describe briefly (through mean, standard deviation, and any other special characteristic) the differences in the distributions of three types of standard scores.

In norm-referenced testing, the norm sample is used for

A test was administered to Marcy to determine whether she had a hearing problem. For the norms to be adequate for this purpose, the norm sample should have included

The finding that children living in areas of the country other than the Southeast typically score higher on achievement tests than children who live in the Southeast (excluding Florida) reflects the importance of __________ in developing representative norms.