Exam 6: Selecting Measurement Instruments

Assessments include all of the following EXCEPT

Sheri got her son's standardized achievement scores back. One of the things she noted was that her son achieved a national percentile ranking of 89 in math. This score represents

Cronbach's alpha is a measure of

Split-half and odd-even reliability are both measures of

Item 5 best represents an example of which of the following types of items?

Ne is a program evaluator for a large school district. This past year the district implemented a new reading program. Ne must measure the level of implementation of the program by individual schools in the district. In this study, school is measured as a __________ level variable.

The degree to which an instrument consistently measures the construct of interest is referred to as

As Ron, a sixth grade teacher, is administering a State mandated test, he finds that one of the reading passages is a section from a book the class read this year. Therefore, the students in his class have been exposed to the test content before the exam. Which of the following is accurate regarding the test as measure of Ron's class's reading?

Which of the following is the best example of a standardized test?

Generally projective tests, but not achievement tests, are administered

Given the following information about a test, compute the KR-21 reliability estimate. The test has 20 items, the median is 12, the mode is 14, the mean is 12, and the standard deviation is 3.

Susan has her life skills class keep a bank account and 'pay bills' throughout the semester. Susan's assessment strategy illustrates

Sam is a psychology researcher interested in personality differences between university faculty who do and do not include computer-assisted technology in their class lectures. He groups the faculty based upon use of computer-assisted technology and he administers a 13-item Likert scale personality assessment. -In Sam's study, personality is measured with an)

Jillian is struggling in mathematics. Her teacher wants to administer a test to assist in a decision about whether to provide remedial math classes for Jillian. Of the following, which is the test most likely the type of assessment to be administered for this purpose?

Test scores, reported as proportion correct, on a recent math test in Ms. Polk's fourth grade class represent _____________ level data.

You have recently constructed a self-report measure of achievement motivation. You are sure your measure is better than other measures because it is shorter than they are. You decide to administer your measure along with a standard measure generally used in the field. Which type of validity will this strategy help you to assess?

Sam is a psychology researcher interested in personality differences between university faculty who do and do not include computer-assisted technology in their class lectures. He groups the faculty based upon use of computer-assisted technology and he administers a 13-item Likert scale personality assessment. -In Sam's study, personality is considered an)

Jana is an action researcher who wants to better understand what predicts student success on the statewide standardized biology competency test. As her data sources, she administers the Biology Interest Survey BIS) to all of her students, she categorizes students into two groups: those who have taken biology before and those who have not, and she also administers an in-class exam. The scores from the in class exam are then 'curved'. She uses these data sources as a means to predict student performance on the statewide biology competency exam. -The level of data represented by the in class exam is

Jana is an action researcher who wants to better understand what predicts student success on the statewide standardized biology competency test. As her data sources, she administers the Biology Interest Survey BIS) to all of her students, she categorizes students into two groups: those who have taken biology before and those who have not, and she also administers an in-class exam. The scores from the in class exam are then 'curved'. She uses these data sources as a means to predict student performance on the statewide biology competency exam. -The level of data represented by the variable previous class experience is

The type of validity that focuses on the extent to which the test relates to future performance is referred to as _________ validity.