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56 Cards in this Set
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Mean |
The average |
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Median |
The middle score |
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Mode |
The frequently occurring |
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Han Dynasty |
Used test batteries for employment etcetera |
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Charles Darwin |
On the origin of species by means of natural selection |
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Francis Galton |
Individual Differences |
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James Mckeen Cattell |
Coined the term mental test |
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Wilhelm Wundt |
The first experimental Psychology laboratory, the father of Psychology |
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Saguin form board test |
Developed in an effort to educate and evaluate the mentally disabled |
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Alfred Binet |
Binet - Simon Scale |
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L.M Terman |
Revised the B-S test for used in the United States |
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Robert Yerkes |
Army Alpha and Beta test |
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Woodworth |
Woodworth Personality Data Sheet as the first structured personality test |
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Herman Rorschach |
Rorschach inkblot Test |
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Psychological Test Objective |
To get score |
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Psychological Assessment Objective |
To answer the referral question |
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Types of test |
Individual or group |
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Ability test |
Can be scored in terms of speed, accuracy or both |
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Achievement Test |
Measures previous learning |
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Aptitude test |
Measures skills |
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Intelligence test |
Measures cognitive or mental ability |
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Personality Test |
Measures overt and covert behavior |
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Structured test |
Subjects or test takers are tasked to choose between two or more responses |
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Projective test |
Subjects are presented with ambiguous stimulus |
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Norm Referenced test |
Compares each test takers on a norm |
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Criterion Reference test |
Compares each test takers to a criterion |
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Test developer |
Someone who makes the test development process |
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Test Publisher |
A third party to legalized test |
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Test User |
The test administrator |
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Test taker |
The subjects or clients who are answering the questions on a test |
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Level A test |
If you have a manual you can administer a test |
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Level B |
Technical knowledge about test construction with supporting educational or Psychological fields |
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Level C |
Requires substantial understanding about testing, with educational background about the related Fields and a supervision from a professional |
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Magnitude |
The moreness of a test |
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Equal Intervals |
Difference between two points on a scale has the same meaning as the difference between the two other points |
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Absolute Zero |
When nothing of the property being measured exist |
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Nominal Scale *no |
The only purpose is to name objects |
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Ordinal scale *yes,no,no |
Ranks individuals |
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Interval Scale |
Yes yes no |
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Ratio |
*Yes |
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Kurtosis |
The steepness of distribution in it's center |
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Standard Scores |
A raw score that has been converted from one scale to another scale |
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Correlation Coefficient |
Used to tell the magnitude and direction of a relationship |
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KR 20 |
Dichotomous |
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Inter rater reliability |
Consistency of scores between two raters |
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KAPPA |
Estimates the inter rater reliability |
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Parallel forms reliability |
Two different forms of a test are consistent |
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Validity |
Test measures what it purports to measure |
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Face validity |
The appearance that the test actually measure what it purports to measure |
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Criterion Validity |
A measurement can predict a specific criteria |
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Predictive validity |
Test predicts future performance through the use of another test |
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Concurrent Validity |
Test reflects current performance through the use of another test |
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Construct Validity |
Test measures the construct or idea it purports to measure |
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Convergent Validity |
Shows that there are correlation between the test and other variables that should be related with the test is trying to measure |
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Discriminant Validity |
Test does not include unnecessary items and that the measure are different from the other tests |
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Content Validity |
The content of the test covers all aspects of theoretical construct it attempts to measure |
