Psychological Assessment- Exam

Refers to how uniform a test is in measuring a single concept

• Homogeneity
• Heterogeneity
• Equality
• Test composite

_______ of a test pertains to form, plan, structure, and layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as time limit.

• Content
• Format
• Item
• Scoring

A scaling method that yields ordinal-based measures in which items range sequentially from weaker to stronger expressions of the attitude, belief, or feeling being measured

• SUMMATIVE SCALE
• LIKERT SCALE
• GUTTMAN SCALE
• CATEGORICAL SCALE

Almost all test takers scored very high because the test was too easy

• FLOOR EFFECT
• CEILING EFFECT
• DIFFICULTY EFFECT
• EASINESS EFFECT

Almost all test takers scored very low because the test was too difficult

• FLOOR EFFECT
• CEILING EFFECT
• DIFFICULTY EFFECT
• EASINESS EFFECT

Extent to which responses to an item discriminate those who receive high versus low scores on a test

• Item fairness
• Item discrimination
• Item difficulty
• Item analysis

Also known as true score model of measurement, states that a score on the test is presumed to reflect not only the test takers true score, but also some errors

• classical test theory
• item response theory
• latent trait theory
• none of the above

A strict professor rates all of her students poorly in a highly prepared theatrical play. The professor is committing

• leniency error
• severity error
• central tendency error
• Halo effect

A supervisor rated his workers performance appraisal too high even if the worker evidently performed poorly in his work period the supervisor may be committing

• leniency error
• severity error
• central tendency error
• Halo effect

A job applicant thinks a company administered test for employment and then questions the relevance to the job of certain test items. Stated another way, the applicant is expressing concern about the test’s

• Incremental validity
• Content validity
• Factor loadings
• All of the above