Test Development

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Psychological Testing and Assessment
Historical,cultural,and Legalethical Considerations
A Statistics Refresher
Of Tests and Testing
Reliability
Validity
Utility
Test Development
Intelligence and Its Measurement
Tests of Intelligence
Assessment for Education
Personality Assessment: An Overview
Personality Assessment Methods
Clinical and Counseling Assessment
Neuropsychological Assessment
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Question 1

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An analysis of a test's item may take many forms.Thinking of the descriptions cited in your text,which is NOT one of those forms?

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item validity analysis

item discrimination analysis

item tryout analysis

item reliability analysis

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Question 2

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The inspiration to create a new test may come from many varied sources.Thinking of the illustrative descriptions of inspiration cited in your text,which of the following is NOT a possible source of inspiration for the creation of a new test?

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an emerging social phenomenon suggests the need for a psychological test

legislation has been passed ordering the creation of a new psychological test

a review of the literature suggests a need for a new psychological test

a test developers thinks "there is a need for this sort of test"

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Question 3

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One of the questions that the developer of a new test must answer is,"How will the test be administered?" The answer to this question may be

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the test will be individually administered.

the test will be group administered.

the test will be individually or group administered.

None of these

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Question 4

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One of the questions that the developer of a new test must answer is,"Should more than one form of the test be developed?" In answering this question,a primary consideration is

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development costs.

test content.

test reliability.

item discrimination.

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Question 5

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A good item on a norm-referenced achievement test is an item that

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demonstrates that the testtaker has met certain pre-specified criteria.

high scorers respond to correctly while low scorer respond to incorrectly.

both high and low scorers respond to correctly.

low scorers seek clarification regarding the meaning of the question.

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Question 6

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The development of a criterion-referenced test usually entails

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exploratory work with a group of testtakers who have mastered the material.

exploratory work with a group of testtakers who have not mastered the material.

both (a) and (b)

None of these

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Question 7

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Pilot work refers to the

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job of someone whose responsibility it is to fly an airplane, jet, or space vehicle.

preliminary research entailed in finalizing the form of a test.

efforts of the lead researcher on a test development team.

preliminary research conducted prior to the stage of test construction.

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Question 8

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A close friend,who is now a beauty school dropout,is heard to complain: "I spent all night studying "Shampoo" for the final examination and there was not a single question on that subject!" As a budding expert in testing and assessment you hear that complaint as:

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"I have a problem with that test's content validity!"

"There was excessive error variance in the test administration procedures!"

"The instructor should have paid more attention to the test's construct validity!"

"Now I am going to have to reconsider a career as a tanning technician!"

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Question 9

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If all raw scores on a test are to be converted to scores that range only from 1 to 9,the resulting scale is referred to as this type of scale:

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a unidimensional scale

a stanine scale

a multidimensional scale

None of these

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Question 10

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So-called "smiley face" scales may be used with

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young children.

adolescents who have limited language skills.

adults who have limited language skills.

All of these

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Question 11

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Using the method of paired comparisons yields

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nominal level data.

ordinal level data.

interval level data.

ratio level data.

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Question 12

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Test item writers must keep many considerations in mind.Which of the following is NOT typically one of those considerations?

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Will the test be administered by a male or a female?

Which item format or formats should be employed?

How many items should be written in total?

What range of content should the items cover?

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Question 13

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A test developer is designing a standardized test using a multiple-choice format.The final form of the test will contain 50 items.It would be advisable for the first draft of this test to contain,at least,how many items?

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100

150

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Question 14

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A test item written in a multiple-choice format has three elements.Which of the following is NOT one of those elements?

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foil

stem

leaf

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Question 15

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Consider the following sample True/False item: "I am going to ace this course in psychological testing and assessment." Circle TRUE or FALSE according to your own belief.This item is an example of an item that

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is referred to as binary choice.

will, in all likelihood, never actually appear on my test.

can only be used when a dichotomous choice can be made without qualification.

All of these

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Question 16

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One of the advantages of computerized adaptive testing (CAT)is that

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all test items are administered to all testtakers.

floor effects are reduced.

the ceiling has been removed.

the basement has been finished.

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Question 17

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A test developer has created a pool of 30 items and is ready for a test tryout.At a minimum,how many subjects should the test be administered to?

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120

150

180

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Question 18

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Test developers have at their disposal a number of statistical tools that may be applied when selecting items items for use on a test.In Chapter 8's Meet an Assessment Professional,Dr.Scott Birkeland made reference to two such techniques.One was a measure of item discrimination,and the other was a measure of item

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reliability.

utility.

difficulty.

variance.

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Question 19

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As illustrated in the sample item-characteristic curve published in your textbook,the vertical axis on the graph lists the

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values of the score on the test ranging from 0 to 100.

values of the characteristic of the items on a scale of 1 to 10.

heteroscedasity of the item curve in values ranging from 0 to infinity.

probability of correct response in values ranging from 0 to 1.

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Question 20

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Which statement is TRUE regarding test development and testtaker guessing?

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Methods have been designed to detect guessing.

Methods have been designed to statistically correct for guessing.

Methods have been designed to minimize the effects of guessing.

All of these

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