Test developers have at their disposal a number of statistical tools that may be applied when selecting 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
A. difficulty.
B. reliability.
C. utility.
D. variance.
Answer: A
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The statistical test that compares two or more means is a(n)
a. t-test. b. z-score. c. ANOVA. d. correlation.
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The cognitive approach to personality explains differences in personality as differences in the way people
A. respond to reinforcement. B. process information. C. think about their past. D. dream.
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Which term is more directly associated with perception than sensation?
a. ?visual b. ?gustatory c. ?interpretation d. ?auditory
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Which brain structure plays the MOST critical role in the appraisal of emotions?
A) the cerebellum B) the amygdala C) the hippocampus D) the sensorimotor cortex
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