[PSYC 1002] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (140 pages long)
6 Feb 2017
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Psychological test: standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behavior: measure individual differences, abilities; aptitudes; interests; aspects of personality, *a particular behavior sample may not represent your characteristic behavior. Measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, and attitudes. Often referred to as scales b/c there is no right or wrong answer. Ch 9: intelligence & psychological testing: percentile score: indicates the % of people who score at/below the score one has obtained, differences in culture/language/education are important considerations. Reliability: repeated measurements should yield reasonably similar results, essential to accuracy in measurement, can be checked in several different ways. Test-retest reliability = compare subjects" scores on 2 administrations of a test: require computation of correlation coefficients, correlation coefficient: numerical index of the degree of relationship b/w two variables, *refer to lecture notes for further detail. Content validity: the degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it"s supposed to cover: criterion-related validity.
