PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Psych, Repeatability, Flynn Effect
13 Aug 2020
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Standardization: in testing, process of evaluating the questions, establishing the rules for administering a test, and interpreting the scores. Isn"t as symmetrical as the theoretical normal distribution. More people have scores well below the mean than equally far above it. Males shows to be at the extreme top or bottom than females. Females tend to do better in language/memory skills. Males focus on one thing at a tie, vs girls who spread their attention more broadly. Tendency for performance on iq test scores to improve from one generation to the next. Occurs for children who are starting school at age 6. Occurs most strongly on tasks such as the raven"s progressive matrices. Occurs least on tests of factual knowledge like material taught in school. In reality, it"s always a zero or positive. Test-retest reliability: correlation on scores of the first test and retest. Degree to which evidence and theory support the interpretations of test scores for the intended purposes.
