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Question 1.
Which term best describes the consistency of an assessment measure?

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Question 2.
r = +.91 is best described as

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Question 3.
r = -.21 is best described as

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Question 4.
Smoking leads to an increased risk of lung cancer is what type of correlation?

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Question 5.
This is a graphic representation of a correlation.

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Question 6.
Increased exercise is likely to lead to a loss of weight is what type of correlation?

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Question 7.
r = 00 is best described as

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Question 8.
Pearson’s r is best used with what types of scales?

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Question 9.
Reliability most commonly measured using which of the following metrics?

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Question 10.
Research has proven that the Best Achievement Test in America had poor internal consistency. What does that mean?

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Question 11.
Mr. Jones, the classroom teacher, administers a test to Joey in September and then again in October. Joey’s scores are one point off. This test could be said to have

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Question 12.
Mrs. Rodriguez administers version A of an achievement test in September and then version B in May to determine progress for IEP reporting. Researchers must determine _____ reliability in order to ensure that version A is the same as version B.

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Question 13.
Mark and Eve collect data on the same student using the same assessment and find their data is almost exactly the same. It could be said that Mark and Eve have

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Question 14.
This formula is used to check consistency across items of an instrument with right/wrong responses.

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Question 15.
This formula is to check consistency across terms of an instrument with responses with varying credit.

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Question 16.
Mrs. Morgan reviews an assessment that has a correlation coefficient of .45. Should Mrs. Morgan use this test? Why?


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Question 17.
Test A has a standard error of measurement of 4.3 and Test B has a standard error of measurement of 1.3. Which test should be administered to ensure the best obtained score as possible?

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Question 18.
Given the following information, determine the standard error of measurement. Standard deviation = 10.83, r = +.83.

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Question 19.
Given an obtained score of 87, a standard error of measurement of 3.5 and a correlation coefficient of .83, which of the following would be the correct confidence interval?

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Question 20.
Given the following information, estimate the true score. Mean of the group = 76, correlation coefficient = .83, obtained score = 81, standard deviation = 2.23

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Question 21.
What happens to the range of scores when comparing obtained and true scores?

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Question 22.
When a test actually measures what it purports to measure, we say that it has good

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Question 23.

Suppose you created a new measure of reading comprehension and you wanted to test its validity. Therefore you compare the results of your new measure to existing validated measures of reading comprehension and find that your measure compares well with these other measures. We could then say that your new measure has good____.

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Question 24.
A test is said to accurately assess specific psychological and personality traits, psychological concepts, attributes, and theoretical characteristics. This assessment is likely to have good

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Question 25.
Mrs. Beth noticed that many of the students in her class who are Latino answered the same questions wrong when administering a standardized assessment. Mrs. Beth may be noticing _____ in the test creation.


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