Question 1

According to the team of sports psychologist introduced in Chapter 4's Meet An Assessment Professional,a special challenge of conducting psychological assessments with professional athletes is

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A)   time pressure and deadlines for test administration and interpretation.
B)   persuading the athlete's that they won't one day find their test protocols for auction on e-bay.
C)   both time pressure and deadlines for test administration and interpretation and persuading the athlete's that they won't one day find their test protocols for auction on e-bay.
D)   None of these

Question 2

In general,criterion-referenced testing

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A)   is useful for communicating information regarding the mastery of basic skills such as reading and writing.
B)   has been found to be extremely valuable in conveying information about a student's level of creativity relative to other students.
C)   is not a well-accepted method of testing in areas such as mastery of word processing programs.
D)   is a contradiction in terms due to the lack of a valid criterion.

Question 3

The type of sample that is convenient or available for use is referred to as

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A)   an incidental sample.
B)   a stratified sample.
C)   a coincidental sample.
D)   a random sample.

Question 4

Which term does NOT belong in the group with the others?

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A)   norm-referenced assessment
B)   criterion-referenced assessment
C)   domain-referenced assessment
D)   mastery assessment

Question 5

Which of the following constitutes a recommended sampling technique for use in obtaining a standardization sample?

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A)   volunteer sampling
B)   remanded sampling
C)   purposive sampling
D)   balanced sampling

Question 6

It is an extremely atypical score that can sometimes provide a hint regarding some deficiency in the testing or scoring procedures.It is

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A)   a nonlinear plot point.
B)   a standard error.
C)   an outlier.
D)   an error.

Question 7

The concept of mental age as a means of describing performance on an intelligence test has been

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A)   criticized for being too narrow.
B)   deemed unethical by all state psychological associations.
C)   criticized for being too broad.
D)   found to be extremely useful in studies of autism.

Question 8

In which specialty of psychology would psychological tests be MOST likely be used to postdict rather than predict behavior?

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A)   consumer psychology
B)   sport psychology
C)   engineering psychology
D)   forensic psychology

Question 9

If a standardized test is designed for hand-scoring by the test's user,then the test's manual will ideally contain an ample number of

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A)   examples of correct and incorrect responses.
B)   examples of partially correct responses.
C)   Both examples of correct and incorrect responses and examples of partially correct responses.
D)   None of these

Question 10

It's a group of people whose performance on a particular test is analyzed for reference in evaluating the performance of future testtakers.This group is called

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A)   a normative sample.
B)   a test validation group.
C)   a stratified random sample.
D)   a "back to the future" group.

Question 11

Traditionally,the term test standardization has been used interchangeably with the term

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A)   test normalization.
B)   test utilization.
C)   test calibration.
D)   None of these

Question 12

Consider the assumption that "the more correct answers an examinee scores on an intelligence test,the more intelligent is the examinee." Which of the following methods of scoring is BEST associated with that assumption?

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A)   a Galtonian model of scoring
B)   the cumulative model of scoring
C)   an objective method of scoring
D)   the subjective method of scoring

Question 13

Psychological traits are present and exhibited to others

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A)   100% of the time.
B)   75% of the time.
C)   50% of the time.
D)   None of these

Question 14

An assumption inherent in classical test theory (CTT) is that

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A)   each test-taker has a true score that would have been obtained if not for measurement error.
B)   testtakers can be ranked according to the level of the trait or ability that they exhibit in much the same way that rankings can be made by height.
C)   measurement can be perfectly accurate if the measuring tool is well-constructed.
D)   All of these

Question 15

A scatterplot of the relationship between two variables is graphed upward and sloping to the right.This is indicative of

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A)   a strong positive relationship.
B)   a strong negative relationship.
C)   a weak inverse relationship.
D)   a purely Platonic relationship.

Question 16

It is incorrect to conceive of error "creeping into" the measurement process because

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A)   this implies that it appears slowly when in reality it is instantaneous.
B)   to do so is to imply that error is negative when in reality it is positive.
C)   error is a well acknowledged part of the measurement process.
D)   All of these

Question 17

From the perspective of test users,a typical objective of testtakers' testtaking behavior,such as blackening small grids on an answer sheet with a #2 pencil,is to

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A)   predict how fully circles will be blackened on another test.
B)   postdict such behavior on previous tests.
C)   predict behavior apart from blackening grids.
D)   predict how the test-taker will use seasonings to blacken fish.

Question 18

"What's a good test?" In part,a good test is one that

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A)   trained examiners can administer with a minimum of difficulty.
B)   is useful in the sense that it yields actionable results.
C)   will ultimately benefit individual testtakers or society as a whole.
D)   All of these

Question 19

A norm group is a group of testtakers

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A)   for whom a particular test is deemed inappropriate.
B)   taking a particular test for the very first time.
C)   that is typically described in the test manual.
D)   Only taking a particular test for the very first time and that is typically described in the test manual.

Question 20

Unlike norm-referenced interpretation,criterion-referenced interpretation

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A)   requires that the test-taker's score be compared with a matched sample.
B)   describes test performance in terms of a test-taker's relative standing in a group.
C)   relies on percentile as opposed to grade or age norms.
D)   describes a test-taker's performance in terms of predetermined standards.

Exam 4: Of Tests and Testing

It's a group of people whose performance on a particular test is analyzed for reference in evaluating the performance of future testtakers.This group is called

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The type of sample that is convenient or available for use is referred to as

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The concept of mental age as a means of describing performance on an intelligence test has been

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Traditionally,the term test standardization has been used interchangeably with the term

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A scatterplot of the relationship between two variables is graphed upward and sloping to the right.This is indicative of

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Psychological traits are present and exhibited to others

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Which of the following constitutes a recommended sampling technique for use in obtaining a standardization sample?

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From the perspective of test users,a typical objective of testtakers' testtaking behavior,such as blackening small grids on an answer sheet with a #2 pencil,is to

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It is incorrect to conceive of error "creeping into" the measurement process because

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According to the team of sports psychologist introduced in Chapter 4's Meet An Assessment Professional,a special challenge of conducting psychological assessments with professional athletes is

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A norm group is a group of testtakers

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An assumption inherent in classical test theory (CTT) is that

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It is an extremely atypical score that can sometimes provide a hint regarding some deficiency in the testing or scoring procedures.It is

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Which term does NOT belong in the group with the others?

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Consider the assumption that "the more correct answers an examinee scores on an intelligence test,the more intelligent is the examinee." Which of the following methods of scoring is BEST associated with that assumption?

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In general,criterion-referenced testing

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In which specialty of psychology would psychological tests be MOST likely be used to postdict rather than predict behavior?

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"What's a good test?" In part,a good test is one that

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If a standardized test is designed for hand-scoring by the test's user,then the test's manual will ideally contain an ample number of

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Unlike norm-referenced interpretation,criterion-referenced interpretation

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