Coun 6360 week 7 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

COUN-6360D-5/COUN-6360-5/COUN-6324S-5-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360D Week 6 Quiz 1. Measures of central tendency tell you something about the middle of a series of numbers but hardly anything about the variability of a set of numbers. 2. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. If Juan has scored a 53 on a test, wh...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. Which of the following is an example of negative correlation? 2. Probably, the most basic form of validity is content validity. 3. "A newly developed instrument for screening depression suggests that an individual is not depressed; however, later information reveals that in fact he is depressed. This problem can be attributed to:" 4. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 5. T...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. "A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:" 2. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 3. In assessing the reliability of a new test...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability? 2. A type of reliability in which half of the test items are correlated with the other half is called: 3. The Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524) asserted: 4. GriggsDuke Power Company asserted: 5. Probably, the most basic form of validity is content validity. 6. "A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer...

COUN 6360 Week 5 Quiz 1. The Buckley Amendment, otherwise known as FERPA, asserted: 2. One problem with parallel forms reliability is that individuals may look up questions between the time they take the two tests. 3. In assessing the validity of a test, you randomly assign 100 individuals to two groups: one group assesses intelligence through a newly developed test, and a second group assesses intelligence through a traditional intelligence test that has been shown to be valid. You then cond...

COUN-6360D-5/COUN-6360-5/COUN-6324S-5-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 COUN 6360D Week 6 Quiz 1. Measures of central tendency tell you something about the middle of a series of numbers but hardly anything about the variability of a set of numbers. 2. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. If Juan has scored a 53 on a test, wh...

COUN-6360-23-Assessment in Counseling-2021-Winter-QTR-Term-wks-1-thru-10 Week 6 Quiz 1. Histograms and frequency polygons are visual representations of frequency distributions. 2. Jerome has scored a 10 on a test. How has he done? 3. The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT: 4. On negatively skewed curves, the mean is lower than the median, which is lower than the mode. 5. On a normally distributed curve, which is true? 6. Measures of central tendency...

1. Question: Which scale of measurement is being used if assigning numbers based on different professional affiliation (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists)? 2. Question: Match the standard score with its mean and standard deviation. 3. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to percentiles, they are in equal units along curve. 4. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test,...

1. Question: Which scale of measurement is being used if assigning numbers based on different professional affiliation (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists)? 2. Question: Match the standard score with its mean and standard deviation. 3. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to percentiles, they are in equal units along curve. 4. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test,...

How do clinicians find and select an appropriate assessment to administer to a client? One source of information is the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). As you review the descriptions of the cases in “Practice Making a Diagnosis,” from Neukrug and Fawcett, consider issues that may be relevant and that you would like to assess. Review the list of possible issues in the handout and select two that you would like to explore further through the MMY. To Prepare: Review the descriptions of ca...