Measurement and Methodology-Psychometrics, Test Construction, Reliability, Validity (GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) Psychology): Questions 1 - 5 of 44
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Question number: 1
» Measurement and Methodology » Psychometrics, Test Construction, Reliability, Validity
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Which of the following was NOT given by your text as a key question to ask in order to select an appropriate statistical test?
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| a. | How many independent variables are there? |
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| b. | Is the experiment within or between subjects? |
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| c. | What is the level of measurement of the dependent variable? |
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| d. | Are the subjects matched? |
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| e. | None of the above |
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Question number: 2
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Item sampling is a source of error variance within the context of
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| a. | test scoring. |
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| b. | test administration. |
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| c. | test construction. |
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| d. | all of the above. |
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| e. | All of the above |
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Question number: 3
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Variability produced by random errors, subject variables, and treatment effects is called ________.
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| a. | The F ratio. |
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| b. | Random variance. |
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| c. | Within-groups variance. |
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| d. | Error variance. |
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| e. | Between-groups variance. |
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Question number: 4
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It is most appropriate to use the Spearman-Brown formula to estimate what form of reliability?
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| a. | Test-retest reliability. |
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| b. | Past-present reliability. |
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| c. | parallel form reliability |
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| d. | Split-half reliability. |
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| e. | Alternate-forms reliability. |
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Question number: 5
» Measurement and Methodology » Psychometrics, Test Construction, Reliability, Validity
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According to the true score theory, an individual’s score on a test of extraversion reflects a level of extraversion as defined by the test and that level is presumed to be
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| a. | only an estimate of the testtaker’s true level of extraversion. |
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| b. | less than or equal to the degree of error inherent in the score. |
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| c. | more than degree of error in the score |
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| d. | greater than the degree of error inherent in the score. |
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| e. | the testtaker’s “true” level of extraversion. |
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