Test validity

Introductory Information Test name: Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery Publisher: Richard Woodcock, Nancy Mather, and Frederick A. Schrank, 2004 Purpose of Test: The Woodcock Johnson III measures the skills and abilities required for reading. Construction Methodology The Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery consists of ten subtests taken from the Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement III. The subtests include subtests administered in the standard fashion, with the…

0236566 In this squib, I criticize Norcross’ argument for the claim that Fred would still be acting immoral if he hired someone else to torture the puppies. I then argue that the second premise of Norcross’ target argument is false by providing an objection. My objection shows that there is a situation in which the action itself is immoral, but hiring someone to do it is not immoral. Now I will present Norcross’ target argument in standard form, for the claim that hiring someone else to torture…

The next validity to check would be the external validity. The definition of external validity by Paul C. Cozby and Scott C. Bates (2015), in their book Methods in Behavioral Research would be to see if the study can be generalized and applied to other populations. The study was mostly conducted on Caucasians, however, the studied would still be able to be applied to others since it is dealing with the effects of parenting which can be applied to all (Cozby & Bates 2015). The final validity is…

Following the correct guidelines for significant figures is crucial in reporting accurate data that is reflective of the accuracy of the means used to collect it. It follows that the answer to any calculation can be no more nor any less precise than the least precise piece of data involved in the calculation. In this course, we will follow a set of rules meant to a) provide consistency to our significant figures and rounding and b) provide answers that agree, in accuracy and precision, with our…

Pages 164 – 175 of the textbook focuses on assessing valid forms versus invalid forms of propositional forms. It provides a brief description of what would be considered a valid argument and invalid argument. A valid argument passes the proper form test, while an invalid argument fails it. Five of the nine most used propositional arguments discusses are valid arguments. These valid forms include: the denying a disjunct, affirming an exclusive disjuncts, affirming the antecedent, denying the…

Arguments are when one offers a premise (or premises) to support a conclusion. Two main methods of support are joint and branching. Joint support is when related premises support the conclusion. On their own, each premise is not enough to constitute a valid argument for the conclusion so they have to work together in order for the conclusion to be reached. Branching support is when there are multiple, unrelated premises that lead to the same conclusion. These two types are very different but…

While there were no ethical issues, this study had a few limitations. One involving reliance on the self-report measures of abuse, neglect and self-harm that it provides no way to differentiate the actual occurrence of any of these. Other limitations discussed how the study was correlational and cross-sectional by nature, and that it is possible the order of these relationships is completely different than what results showed. For example, although theoretical literature suggests that affect…

Prompt 2. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the lightness constancy and how it works. Including how the visual system works with constancies, to properly attribute uniform color to a surface. The way to go about the task is with an example. Imagine there are two surfaces next to each other. One appears uniformly white since the light source is evenly distributed throughout the surface. The other has surface patches, a non-uniformity in the light being reflected off of the surface. So…

local dog shelter.” Is this argument logically valid? Validity can only be proven if it takes the form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false. If the argument is valid it is guaranteed that the conclusion is true. When looking at the above argument does that prove whether or not those are morally right or wrong? To do this, look at the argument first and see if it meets the conditionals of validity. If so, you have a sound argument. The argument above…

students and faculty. This is for using the knowledge to help the faculty understand more about test anxiety and being able to help those individuals who suffer from the condition. This benefits the students in also helping them understand more about their condition and what they could do to help themselves better their situations. When students have knowledge, and understanding of their conditions such as test anxiety it can help them better their educations. The more individuals who earn their…