Dr. Watson measures her students’ knowledge on the topic of learning by giving them four different exams over the course of 4 weeks (1 per week). She is hoping to show that student scores are essentially the same from week to week. Dr. Watson is trying
to establish the __________ of her quiz.
a) objectivity
b) validity
c) reliability
d) subjectivity
Answer: c
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The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
a. is extremely weak from a psychometric standpoint. b. is of little use to the military despite the large numbers of tests given. c. is not valid for Blacks and Hispanics. d. consists of ten subtests.
Suppose that an examination was hard and most students received extremely low grade on it. This is an example of _______.
A. negative skew B. positive skew C. equal distribution D. symmetrical distribution
After receptor cells are stimulated, information is transmitted to the brain, which interprets the information. This process of interpretation is called
a) sensation. b) perception. c) adaptation. d) transduction.
In the Chapter 5 Meet an Assessment Professional feature, Dr. Bryce B. Reeve noted the necessity for very brief questionnaires in his work due to the fact that many of his clients were:
A. young children with very short attention spans. B. visually impaired an unable to focus for an extended period of time. C. seriously ill and would find taking tests burdensome. D. All of these