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measurement ✔✔general process of determining the dimensions of an attribute or trait




assessment ✔✔processes and procedures for collecting information about human behavior




tools ✔✔Assessment ____ include tests and inventories, observation, interview data, and other

techniques.




appraisal ✔✔used interchangeably with evaluation which goes beyond measurement to making

judgements about human attributes and behaviors




measures of central tendency ✔✔A distribution of scores (measurements on a number of

individuals) can be examined using the following: mean, median, and mode. These are all

________________.




symmetrical ✔✔The mean, median, and mode all fall in the same place (are identical) when the

distribution of scores is ___, i.e. normally distributed.

, skew ✔✔the degree to which a distribution of scores is not normally distributed




mode ✔✔at the top of skewed distribution




median ✔✔in the middle of skewed distribution




mean ✔✔pulled in the direction of the extreme scores represented by the tail of a skewed

distribution




measures of variability ✔✔Range, standard deviation, and variance are all __________.




range ✔✔highest score minus the lowest; inclusive; everyone is included




standard deviation ✔✔this value describes the variability within a distribution of scores




sample ✔✔We use the symbol s to signify the standard deviation of a ____.




population ✔✔When we talk about the ________'s variability, we use the sigma symbol.