Worksheet

PCN-523 Topic 3: Short Answer Questions

Directions: Provide short answers of 75- 150 words each for the following questions/statements. Do not exceed 250 words for your response. Use the textbook and any other scholarly resources to support your responses.

• What does the term reliability mean in testing and assessment?

• What does the term validity mean in testing and assessment?

• Why is it important to have both validity and reliability?

• In testing and assessment, what is norming?

• Utilize your textbook to briefly explain each of the following concepts as they relate to psychological assessments/tests:

  • Standardized testing:

  • Non-standardized testing:

  • Norm-referenced assessments:

  • Criterion-referenced assessments:

  • Group assessments:

  • Individual assessments:

  • Scales of measurement:

    • Nominal Scale

    • Ordinal Scale

    • Interval Scale

    • Ratio Scale

  • Measures of central tendency:

    • Mean

    • Meadian

    • Mode

  • Indices of variability:

  • Shapes and types of distribution:

    • Normal Distribution

    • Skewed Distribution

  • Correlations:

References:

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