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Assessment NCE Exam/101 Complete Q’s and A’s
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Assessment NCE Exam/101 CompleteQ’s and A’s
Galton - - Developed first intelligence theory
- Binet - - Developed first modern intelligence test and coined term IQ
- Terman - - Revised Binet's IQ test into the Stanford-Binet
- Intelligence Quotient - - Mental age divided by chronological age x 100
- Power Test - - Test that has no time limit and includes difficult items that
few test takers can answer
- Speed Test - - Test with a time limit; usually have easy items but too many
to answer in time limit
- Standardized Test - - Test that allows an individual's score to be compared
to a norm group
- Mental Measurements Yearbook - - Best source of information about
commercially available assessments; provides reviews of tests; has
companion called Tests in Print
- Test Critiques - - Overview of assessments for the layperson
- Army Alpha and Beta - - Developed by Robert Yerkes to screen cognitive
ability of military recruits; group intelligence test
- Validity - - Term that refers to whether test measures what it's supposed
to measure; depends on test purpose and target population
- Content Validity - - A depression inventory that has ?s on all the aspects of
depression (physical, emotional, cognitive) has what kind of validity?
- Criterion Validity - - Type of validity that shows how effective an
instrument is at predicting an individual's performance; two kinds are
concurrent and predictive
- Concurrent Validity - - Validity that looks at relationship between test
results and another currently obtainable measure; ex. compare depression
inventory with hospital admissions in last 6 months
, - Predictive Validity - - Validity that looks at relationship between test
results now and a measure collected in the future; ex. compare depression
inventory with hospital admissions 2 years after the assessment
- Construct Validity - - How well does an instrument measure a theoretical
idea or concept? example is a personality inventory
- Experimental Design Validity - - Validity that involves an experiment to
show the instrument measures a certain construct; ex. have a therapist give
depression inventory before and after therapy
- Factor Analysis - - Statistical technique to analyze relationship between an
instrument's items; ex. are subscales on depression inventory related to
each other and concept of depression?
- Convergent Validity - - Validity that looks at whether assessment is related
to what it should be; ex. is depression inventory positively correlated to the
Beck Depression Inventory?
- Discriminant Validity - - Ex. depression inventory scores are not related to
scores from an achievement test
- Face Validity - - Does an instrument look credible? not a true measure of
validity
- Validity Coefficient - - Correlation between a test score and a criterion
measure
- Standard Error of Estimate - - Expected margin of error in a predicted
criterion score due to imperfect validity of test
- Sensitivity - - Instrument's ability to accurately identify the presence of a
phenomenon; ex. depression inventory results show a depressed client has
depression symptoms
- Specificity - - Instrument's ability to accurately identify the absence of a
phenomenon; ex. depression inventory results show a non-depressed client
does not have depression symptoms
- False Positive Error - - Instrument inaccurately identifies the presence of a
phenomenon; ex. depression inventory results show a non-depressed client
has depression symptoms
- False Negative Error - - Instrument inaccurately identifies absence of a
phenomenon; ex. depression inventory results show a depressed client does
not have depression symptoms
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