Psychological Assessment (Board Exams)- Questions
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Reliability - -Is the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent
results
-Types of Reliability - -test-retest, interrater, internal consistency, parallel forms
-test-retest reliability - -a measure of reliability obtained by administering the same test
twice over a period of time to a group of individuals
-parallel forms reliability - -Obtained by administering different versions of an assessment
tool to the same group of individuals
-inter-rater reliability - -Used to assess the degree to which different raters/observers
give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon.
-internal consistency reliability - -Used to evaluate the degree to which different test items
that probe the same construct produce similar results
-Subtypes of internal consistency - -Average inter-item correlation, split half reliability
-Average inter-item correlation - -is a subtype of internal consistency reliability. It is
obtained by taking all of the items on a test that probe the same construct (e.g., reading
comprehension), determining the correlation coefficient for each pair of items, and finally
taking the average of all of these correlation coefficients. This final step yields the average
inter-item correlation.
-split-half reliability - -A measure of reliability in which a test is split into two parts and an
individual's scores on both halves are compared.
-Validity - -the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
-Types of Validity - -face, construct, criterion-related, formative, sampling
-face validity (content validity) - -The extent to which a test is subjectively viewed as
covering the concept it purports to measure.
The relevance of the test as it appears to the test takers.
-construct validity - -the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
-criterion validity - -Used to predict furture or current performances - it correlates test
results with another criterion of interest
with Answers
Reliability - -Is the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent
results
-Types of Reliability - -test-retest, interrater, internal consistency, parallel forms
-test-retest reliability - -a measure of reliability obtained by administering the same test
twice over a period of time to a group of individuals
-parallel forms reliability - -Obtained by administering different versions of an assessment
tool to the same group of individuals
-inter-rater reliability - -Used to assess the degree to which different raters/observers
give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon.
-internal consistency reliability - -Used to evaluate the degree to which different test items
that probe the same construct produce similar results
-Subtypes of internal consistency - -Average inter-item correlation, split half reliability
-Average inter-item correlation - -is a subtype of internal consistency reliability. It is
obtained by taking all of the items on a test that probe the same construct (e.g., reading
comprehension), determining the correlation coefficient for each pair of items, and finally
taking the average of all of these correlation coefficients. This final step yields the average
inter-item correlation.
-split-half reliability - -A measure of reliability in which a test is split into two parts and an
individual's scores on both halves are compared.
-Validity - -the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
-Types of Validity - -face, construct, criterion-related, formative, sampling
-face validity (content validity) - -The extent to which a test is subjectively viewed as
covering the concept it purports to measure.
The relevance of the test as it appears to the test takers.
-construct validity - -the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
-criterion validity - -Used to predict furture or current performances - it correlates test
results with another criterion of interest
