Test items must be chosen to provide a representative sample of
a. the population being assessed.
b. the behaviors that are included in the content area that the test attempts to measure.
c. both high and low achieving individuals.
d. All of the above.
b.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The goal of ecosystemic play therapy is: a. helping teachers understand their students
b. helping parents with children. c. helping schools improve their interactions. d. helping children have their needs met without interfering with the ability of other people to get their needs met.
In the context of counseling research, which of the following is true of the measurement approaches based on the item response theory (IRT)?
a. It is used to relate one's response patterns to items of similar levels of difficulty to determine the reliability of the test. b. It is used to identify levels of how items measure a certain attribute. c. It is used to assess the ability of scale items to measure present performance with prior performance. d. It is used to examine whether particular scale items have varying levels of internal validity.
Rodney occasionally uses hallucinogens. At a party one night, he tells you he is feeling immense power and that his arms are no longer connected to his body. Later that night, he seems extremely irritable and gets into a fight with some of the other partygoers. Rodney is most likely using which of the following hallucinogens?
a. Phencyclidine b. “Magic mushrooms” c. MDMA d. LSD