PsychAssessmentLabBookPracticeQuizzes(Ch
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AsaresultoftheSupremeCourt'srulingsinGriggsv.DukePower,employersmustbeableto provideevidencethattestsusedtomakeselectionandpromotiondecisions Ch5-ANS-measurecapabilitiesspecifictoparticularjobs Validityisbestunderstoodas Ch5-ANS-theextenttowhichthetestmeasureswhatitclaimstomeasure Themostwecouldsayaboutaself-esteemtestconsistingoftheitems"IfeelIdeservetobe treatedwithrespect"and"IthinkIamworthless"is Ch5 -itshowscontent-relatedevidenceofvalidity -itshowscriterion-relatedevidenceofvalidity -itshowsfacevalidity -itshowsconstruct-relatedevidenceofvalidity-ANS-Itshowsfacevalidity Ifresearchersfoundacriterionvaliditycoefficientof.40foranachievementtest,itwouldmean Ch5-ANS-16%ofthevariationinthecriterioncanbeexplainedbyvariationinachievement testscores Aftertakinganexaminapsychologycourse,astudentmakesthiscomment:"allthequestions onthetestcamefromChapterThree,buttheprofessorsaidtheexamwasovermaterialin chaptersonethroughsix!Whatawasteofstudytime!"Thestudent'scriticismoftheprofessor's examismostobviouslyrelatedto________evidenceofvalidity.Ch5 -construct-related -concurrentcriterion-related -content-related -predictivecriterion-related-ANS-Content-realted WhichofthefollowingisNOTarecommendationregardingtheevaluationofvaliditycoefficients foundintheStandardsforPsychologicalandEducationsTesting?Ch5-ANS-Besurethevaliditycoefficientssufficientlystrong,atleast,.40orbetter Developersofasensation-seekingscalefoundthatscoresonthescalewerehighlycorrelated withself-reportedfrequencyofalcoholanddruguse.Thisfindingmostclearlyprovides____ evidenceforthevalidityofthesensation-seekingscale. 1 / 2
Ch5 -concurrentcriterion-related -convergentconstruct-related -discriminantconstruct-related -content-related-ANS-ConvergentConstruct-Related Construct-irrelevantvarianceisclosesttowhichofthefollowingconcepts Ch5 -measurementerror -standarddeviation -coefficientofdetermination -cross-validation-ANS-MeasurementError Dr.lansingdownsthatthecorrelationbetweenscoresonameasureofanxietyshedeveloped andscoresonanexistingmeasureofdepressionwas.82.ItislikelythatreviewersofDr.ALnsing'sanxietymeasurewillviewthiscorrelationasevidenceagainst_____validity Ch5 -predictivecriterion-related -discriminantconstruct-related -convergentconstruct-realted -content-related-ANS-DiscriminantConstructRelated Ameasurecanbe______yetnot____.Ch5 -valid;reliable -useful;valid -reliable;valid -trustworthy;useful-ANS-reliable;valid
Atestcompromisedofitemssuchas:iusuallyfeelrestedwhenIwakeupinthemorning"to
whichexamineesmustrespondTrueorFalseisanexampleof -apolytomousformat -alikert-scaleformat -acategoryformat -adichotomousformat ch6-ANS-adichotomousformat WhichofthefollowingisNOTapotentialproblemcreatedbytheinclusionofineffective distractorsonatest?
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