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1. Which of the following is not an assumption underlying testing and measurement?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Various approaches to measuring aspects of the same thing can be useful
b.\u00a0 Error is rarely present in the measurement process
c.\u00a0 Present-day behavior predicts future behavior
d.\u00a0 Testing and assessment benefit society<\/p>\n

2. Systematic error is associated with:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Reliability
b.\u00a0 Validity<\/p>\n

3. Which of the following is a type of criterion\u0393\u00c7\u00f4related validity evidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Concurrent evidence
b.\u00a0 Predictive evidence
c.\u00a0 Internal consistency
d.\u00a0 Both a and b are correct answers<\/p>\n

4. If a test measures a single construct then:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 The items should correlate with the total score
b.\u00a0 The items should not correlate with the total score
c.\u00a0 The test should not correlate with other measures of the same construct
d.\u00a0 There must be a reliable alternative form.<\/p>\n

5. Professor X develops a test of emotional intelligence. Which of the following represent convergent and discriminant evidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 The test correlates highly with another test of emotional intelligence and is uncorrelated with self-efficacy
b.\u00a0 The test correlates with highly with another test of emotional intelligence and is highly correlated with self-efficacy
c.\u00a0 The test does not correlate with another test of emotional intelligence, but does correlate with self-efficacy
d.\u00a0 The test does not correlate with other tests of emotional intelligence nor with self-efficacy<\/p>\n

6. An ordinal scale is used to rank order people, objects, or characteristics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. True
b. False<\/p>\n

7. Which scale is the simplest form of measurement?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 ______ tests focus on information acquired through the informal learning that goes on in life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Personality
b. Achievement
c. Aptitude
d. Intelligence<\/p>\n

9. Let\u0393\u00c7\u00d6s say that a test accurately indicates participants\u0393\u00c7\u00d6 scores on a future criterion (e.g., the PSAT is used to indicate high-school GPA scores). This test would clearly have which of the following?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Face validity
b. Concurrent validity
c. Predictive validity
d. Content validity<\/p>\n

10. If a baseball coach calculates batting averages, what scale would be used?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Interval scale
b. Ratio scale
c. Nominal scale
d. Ordinal scale<\/p>\n

11. According to the text, most of the outcome\/dependent variable characteristics and attributes measured in educational research probably exist at the ______________ level of measurement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio<\/p>\n

12. Which of the following is most clearly an example of a psychological trait?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Anxiety enduring for months or years
b. Anxiety over just seeing a spider
c. Shyness when meeting a stranger for the first time
d. Depression caused by the loss of a ball game<\/p>\n

13. All of the following are examples of Intelligence Tests except _________:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Wechsler Scales
b.\u00a0 Stanford-Binet
c.\u00a0 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI)
d.\u00a0 Slosson<\/p>\n

14. Reliability is most simply known as which of the following?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Consistency or stability
b.\u00a0 Appropriateness of interpretations on the basis of test scores
c.\u00a0 Ways in which people are the same
d.\u00a0 A rank order of participants on some characteristic<\/p>\n

15. An ordinal scale is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. The simplest form of measurement
b. A rank-order scale of measurement
c. A scale with equal intervals between adjacent numbers
d. A scale with an absolute zero point
e. A categorical scale<\/p>\n

16. Which of the following is not a type of reliability?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Test-retest
b. Split-half
c. Content
d. Internal consistency<\/p>\n

17. Which of the following statements accurately describes test-retest reliability?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Measure of consistency of test scores over time
b.\u00a0 Measure of consistency of scores obtained from two equivalent halves of the same test
c.\u00a0 Measure of consistency with which a test measures a single construct or concept
d.\u00a0 Measure of degree of agreement between two or more scorers, judges, or raters<\/p>\n

18. Which of the following types of reliability refers to the consistency of test scores over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Equivalent forms reliability
b. Split-half reliability
c. Test-retest reliability
d. Inter-scorer reliability<\/p>\n

19. Identify the following term that most closely refers to a judgement of the extent to which scores from a test can be used to infer, or predict, the examinees’ performance in some activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Content reliability
b. Face validity
c. Criterion-related validity
d. Inference validity<\/p>\n

20. Which of the following is the correct order of Stevens\u0393\u00c7\u00d6 four levels of measurement?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Ordinal, nominal, ratio, interval
b. Nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
c. Interval, nominal, ordinal, ratio
d. Ratio, interval, nominal, ordinal<\/p>\n

21. Which is the process of gathering evidence supporting inferences based test scores?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Validation
b. Validity
c. Reliability
d. Prediction<\/p>\n

22. When evaluating tests and assessments, \u0393\u00c7\u00a3reliability\u0393\u00c7\u00a5 refers to asking ourselves which of the following questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?
b.\u00a0 Are there ways to avoid subjective judgments when measuring something?
c.\u00a0 Does it give consistent results?
d.\u00a0 Does it measure multiple constructs?<\/p>\n

23. Validity of a test designed to measure a construct such as self-esteem is best described by which of the following?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Scores from the test correlate highly with most intelligence tests
b.\u00a0 Scores from the test correlate highly with most tests of different constructs
c.\u00a0 Scores from the test are not correlated with anything
d.\u00a0 Scores from the test have a relatively strong and positive correlation with other tests of the same construct (i.e., with other measures of self-esteem) but much lower correlations with tests of different constructs<\/p>\n

24. Which type of reliability refers to the consistency of a group of individuals’ scores on two\u00a0 equivalent forms of a test designed to measure the same characteristic?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Split-half
b.\u00a0 Test-retest
c.\u00a0 Split-forms
d.\u00a0 Equivalent forms<\/p>\n

25. Achievement tests are designed to measure the degree of learning that has taken place after a person has been exposed to a specific learning experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0\u00a0 True
b.\u00a0\u00a0 False<\/p>\n

26. _________ refers to how well the particular sample of behaviors used to measure a characteristic reflects the entire domain of behaviors that constitutes that characteristic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Construct validity evidence
b. Criterion-related validity evidence
c. Content validity evidence
d. Face validity evidence<\/p>\n

Answers:<\/p>\n

1. b 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. a 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. b 11. b 12. a 13. c 14. a 15. b 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. c 20. b 21. a 22. c 23. d 24. d 25. a 26. c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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