Psychometrics - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Summary Psychometrics - Psychometrics: An Introduction (FSWP2-052-A) + lecture notes! - Chapter 2 is not part of the summary

Summary for the exam of Practical Training: Psychological Research

This document contains the summary of chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the book Psychometrics An Introduction the fourth edition by R. Michael Furr. A score of 9.5 was obtianed with this summary. This literature is part of the literature for the course Practical Training: Psychological Research. This is a second year course from Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

PSYC 426 Final Exam Questions and answers | Psychometrics & Individual Differences (Alex Morin)

Assessment correct answers A broad array of evaluative procedures that yield information about a person What are examples of assessments? correct answers Personality tests (objective and projective), clinical interviews, achievement tests, aptitude tests Tests correct answers Tests are a subset of assessment techniques that yield scores based on the gathering of collective data (e.g., finding the sum of correct items on a multiple-choice exam) When did the history of modern assessment b...

Psychometrics Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Standardized and informal/descriptive measures need to have: - Correct Answer- - reliability - validity What is validity? - Correct Answer- Degree the procedure actually measures what it purports to measure What is reliability? - Correct Answer- What is measured is done the same way over and over - when done over & over, you get the same results

Definition of psychometrics correct answers branch of statistics applied to the measurement of human behavior What psychometricians do correct answers use a specialized set of statistical tools to create scientifically valid assessments of various behaviors Standardized test correct answers -structured - defined structure for administration PROCEDURES that are followed in the same manner by every professional who administers the test - defined scoring rules that are followed in same mann...

Validity correct answers If our inference was reasonable we would say our interpretation of the behavior has a degree of validity Hypothetical constructs correct answers Theorhetical psychological characteristics, attributes, processes, or states that cannot be directly observed Latent variables correct answers Hypotheticsl constructs Operational definitions correct answers Operations or procedures used to measure hypothetical constructs Interindividual differences correct answers Th...

Where were civil Service examinations held and how far do they date back? correct answers In China, dating back to 4,200 years ago. Which countries then modeled the civil service examinations in the 19th century? correct answers Britian, Germany & France. How do Aristotle & Plato contribute to psychometric testing? correct answers They were the first to write about individual differences in ability and temperament. The scientific testing of individual differences in ability and personal...