Issues, Norms and Statistical Terms

Professional Standards

• Code of Ethics in Testing

• Code of Fairness in Testing

• Code of Good Practices

• Code of Bad Practices

APA CODE OF ETHICS

Standard 9: Assessment

• 9.01 Bases for Assessments

• 9.02 Use of Assessments

• 9.03 Informed Consent in Assessments

• 9.04 Release of Test Data

APA CODE OF ETHICS

Standard 9: Assessment

• 9.05 Test Construction

• 9.06 Interpreting Assessment Results

• 9.07 Assessment by Unqualified Persons

• 9.08 Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results

APA CODE OF ETHICS

Standard 9: Assessment

• 9.09 Test Scoring and Interpretation Services

• 9.10 Explaining Assessment Results

• 9.11. Maintaining Test Security

•The technical term for the science behind psychological testing is ________________.

• psychometrics

• norm group

•_____________________ refers to the performances of defined groups on particular tests.

• Norms

• standardization sample

•Norms are used to give information about performance relative to what has been observed in a ________________________.

• Norms

• standardization sample

Norms

• •Norms consist of data that make it possible to determine the relative standing of an individual who has taken a test.

• •Norms provide a basis for comparing the individual with a group.

• •Norms are obtained by administering the test to a sample of people and obtaining the distribution of scores for that group.

• All of the Above

•Comparison is usually with people of the same age.

• Age-Related Norms

• Developmental Norms

• Mental Age

▫Norms derived on the basis of any trait, ability, skill, or other characteristic that is presumed to develop, deteriorate, or otherwise be affected by chronological age, school grade, or stage of life

• Age-Related Norms

• Developmental Norms

• Mental Age