Exam 7: Utility

According to Dr.Delphine Courvoisier,ecological momentary assessment (EMA)is a tool of assessment that researchers can use to examine behaviors and subjective states in the settings in which they naturally occur,and at a frequency that can capture their

Using a cut score of 50 on a predictor test a researcher finds a base rate of 1.00.This means that when a cut score of 50 is used,

Validity is to ____________ as utility is to ____________.

Costs associated with psychological or other testing typically include all of the following EXCEPT

A limitation of the Taylor-Russell tables is that

The term used to describe the proportion of people in a population who are distinctive due to their exhibition of a particular trait is

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects a test's utility?

In industrial settings,there are many non-economic benefits to be derived for the company that runs an effective testing program.Which of the following is NOT one such benefit?

The Ariel et al.(2015)study was conducted over the course of

The end-point of a utility analysis is typically an educated decision about

When the selection ratio goes up,

Which of the following statements regarding cut scores is FALSE?

A difference between the Naylor-Shine and Taylor-Russell expectancy tables is that the

In general,the ____________ the misclassification rate,the lower the ____________.

A problem with using the known group method of setting cut scores is that

As used in utility analyses,the term cost refers to

A problem with the use of the known groups method to set cut scores is

The term bookmark method refers to an IRT-based method

Ariel et al.(2015)found that police use-of-force rates were ______ that in the No Camera shifts as compared to the Camera shifts.

The administrative office for a large newspaper wants to improve accuracy of employees in the copy editing office.A short test of copy editing knowledge is developed and given to 100 existing copy editors.The current copy editors are divided into two groups: (a)those whose performance was rated as acceptable on the most recent performance review,and,(b)those whose performance was rated as unacceptable.Results are presented in graphed form (below). Based on this graph and the information in your text,what score should be chosen as the cut score on the copy editing knowledge test in order to best predict who will be an acceptable or unacceptable copy editor?