psych questions
QUESTION 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."
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content |
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concurrent |
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predictive |
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construct |
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convergent |
1 points
QUESTION 2
- Match each description to the term or concept listed below.
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1 points
QUESTION 3
- Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?
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Split-half |
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b. |
Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha |
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c. |
Internal consistency |
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All of these are types of reliability. |
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e. |
Kuder-Richardson |
1 points
QUESTION 4
- "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?"
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Reliability |
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Validity |
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Practicality |
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Cross-cultural fairness |
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None of these |
1 points
QUESTION 5
- Which of the following has the strongest correlation?
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0.87 |
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0.86 |
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0 |
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0.3 |
1 points
QUESTION 6
- Which of the following is NOT a kind of construct validity?
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Experimental design validity |
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Factor analysis validity |
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Convergent validity |
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Criterion-related validity |
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Discriminant validity |
1 points
QUESTION 7
- 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?
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Experimental |
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Concurrent |
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Predictive |
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construct |
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convergent |
1 points
QUESTION 8
- A correlation coefficient of .22 is stronger than a correlation coefficient of −.87.
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 9
- 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?
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a. |
Alternate forms |
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b. |
Test-retest |
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c. |
Kuder-Richardson |
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d. |
Internal consistency |
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e. |
Odd-even |
1 points
QUESTION 10
- 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
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Rating:
5/
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