Writers Den

 

 

QUESTION 1

1. “If you are interested in examining whether or not the GREs can accurately tell how students perform in graduate school, you would most likely want to investigate the ________ validity of the test.”

		content
		concurrent
		predictive
		construct
		convergent

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QUESTION 2

1. Match each description to the term or concept listed below.

-a.b.c.d. Uses the score of one variable to predict a range of scores for a second variable.                                                   -a.b.c.d. The degree to which an instrument’s scores are free from error of measurement.                                                   -a.b.c.d. What the instrument measures and how well it does it.                                                   -a.b.c.d. The statistic used to express a reliability estimate.                                                   -a.b.c.d. A statistical expression of the relationship between sets of scores.                                                   -a.b.c.d. The degree to which test scores are consistent, dependable, and repeatable.

a. SEest b. Reliability c. Validity d. Correlation

1 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?

	a.	Split-half
	b.	Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha
	c.	Internal consistency
	d.	All of these are types of reliability.
	e.	Kuder-Richardson

1 points   

QUESTION 4

1. “When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?”

		Reliability
		Validity
		Practicality
		Cross-cultural fairness
		None of these

1 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Which of the following has the strongest correlation?

		0.87
		0.86
		0
		0.3

1 points   

QUESTION 6

1. Which of the following is NOT a kind of construct validity?

		Experimental design validity
		Factor analysis validity
		Convergent validity
		Criterion-related validity
		Discriminant validity

1 points   

QUESTION 7

1. A test developer asks five clinicians who are experts in depression to rank 100 depressed clients on a 1 to 5 scale from minor depression to severe depression. The rankings are then correlated with test scores on a new test of depression. What kind of validity is being measured?

		Experimental
		Concurrent
		Predictive
		construct
		convergent

1 points   

QUESTION 8

1. A correlation coefficient of .22 is stronger than a correlation coefficient of −.87.

 True

 False

1 points   

QUESTION 9

1. One problem with giving two forms of the same test is that, despite the publisher’s attempt to make them similar, there could be major differencThis problem is most closely associated with which type of reliability?

	a.	Alternate forms
	b.	Test-retest
	c.	Kuder-Richardson
	d.	Internal consistency
	e.	Odd-even

1 points   

QUESTION 10

1. Item Response Theory (IRT) has the advantage over Classical Test Theory in that it provides more detailed information regarding each item in a test.

 True

 False