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PsychologyTesting and MeasurementPsychological TestingPractice Set 2488Validity
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Question 1
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In legal terminology,a valid contract is a contract that
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measures what it purports to measure.
has been executed with the proper formalities.
is well grounded on principles of evidence.
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Question 2
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As the term is applied to a test,validity is a judgment or estimate of how well a test
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measures what it purports to measure.
measures what it purports to measure in a particular context.
satisfies the deductions that could logically be made from inferences about it.
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Question 3
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A test reviewer comes to the conclusion that a certain test is "a valid test." This means that the reviewed test has been shown to be valid for
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a particular use with a particular population for the life of the test.
a particular use with a universal population of testtakers for a limited time.
universal use with all testtakers for the life of the test.
a particular use with a particular population at a particular time.
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Question 4
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Each of the three approaches to validity assessment in the trinitarian model should BEST be thought of as
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mutually exclusive as evidence of a test's validity with any one source necessary and sufficient for demonstrating a test's validity.
one type of evidence that, with others, contributes to a judgment concerning the validity of a test.
insufficient, either by themselves or together with the other two, to demonstrate the validity of a test.
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Question 5
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The validation of a test is a process
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that can be carried out by the test author.
that can be carried out by the test user.
of gathering evidence of the test's validity.
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Question 6
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Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was cited in the text to illustrate a point about how which of the following is viewed?
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test validation
content validity
face validity
construct validity
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Question 7
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"It's a measure of validity that arrived at by a comprehensive analysis of how scores on the test relate to other test scores." This statement is a reference to:
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face validity
content validity
the trinitarian index
construct validity
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Question 8
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Messick is to unitarian as __________ is to trinitarian.
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Cronbach
Lawshe
Landy
Dangerfield
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Question 9
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As mentioned in Chapter 6 of your text,the measurement of content validity is particularly important in
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classroom settings, where tests will form the basis of a grade.
employment settings, where tests may be used to promote employees.
courtroom settings, where tests may be used to determine competence.
screening for the potential of emission of violent or aggressive behavior.
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Question 10
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Lawshe's method for gauging agreement among raters is used to derive a measure of
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face validity.
content validity.
criterion-related validity.
construct validity.
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Question 11
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In Chapter 6 of your text,Dr.Adam Shoemaker,the featured professional in Meet an Assessment Professional,described the use of a test with little criterion validity.Dr.Shoemaker recalled that this test was used for the purpose of
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gauging inter-item consistency of another test.
gaining "buy-in" from the test users.
providing a "job preview" of sorts to assessees.
hiring candidates for mid-level executive positions.
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Question 12
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If a test developer has only a "fuzzy" vision of the construct being measured,then
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the content validity of the test is likely to suffer.
the construct validity of the test is likely to suffer.
content irrelevant to the targeted construct may be measured.
All of these
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Question 13
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Test blueprinting is applied in the design of
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an attitude test.
a personality test.
an aptitude test.
All of these
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Question 14
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In order to remain consistent with a test's blueprint,a test administered on a regular basis is likely to require
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item pool management.
base rate maintenance.
predictive validity certification.
None of these
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Question 15
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Criterion-related validity is to predictive validity as criterion-related validity is to
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construct validity.
content validity.
concurrent validity.
test bias.
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Question 16
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A team of consumer psychologists is interested in conducting research to test the palatability of Papa John's Pizza (PJP),A PJP Palatability Test is developed on the basis of the opinions of a sample of prison inmates sentenced to life in prison.These same inmates are then used to validate a paper-and-pencil "PJP Palatability Survey." What error has been committed by the researchers?
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The researchers used an inappropriate population to test.
The test validation was invalid due to criterion contamination.
Convergent evidence was confused with discriminant evidence.
A Constitutional prohibition against subjecting prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment was violated
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Question 17
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It has to do with the degree to which an additional predictor explains something about the criterion measure that is not explained by predictors already in use.It is
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the false positive rate.
evidence of construct validity.
predictive validity.
incremental validity.
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Question 18
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An expectancy chart is
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a graphic representation of an expectancy table.
a table illustrating the incremental validity of a test.
a pictorial image of a hit rate versus a miss rate.
All of these
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Question 19
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"The effect of instituting this remedy for adverse impact is to make equivalent all scores that fall within a particular range." The remedy for adverse impact referred to here is technically referred to as
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within-group norming.
differential cut-offs.
preference policies.
banding.
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Question 20
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"How can group differences on cognitive ability tests be reduced while retaining existing high levels of reliability and criterion-related validity?" According to Gottfredson,the answer to this question
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lies in the judicious application of affirmative action strategies.
must be answered by measurement professionals for themselves.
must come from strategies designed to minimize adverse impact.
will not come from measurement-related research.
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