Statistics for Psychometrics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Three types of Ability tests	Achievement tests, Aptitude tests and Intelligence tests	100%
What was Alfred Binnets aim?	Classification	100%
Example of a group test	Class test	100%
Who is the Father of modern psychometrics?	Francis Gallon	100%
What book did he write?	Hereditary Genius	100%
Example of an Individual test	IQ test	100%
What is Overt behaviour	Observable behaviour	100%
Name 3 of Cattells mental tests:	strength of hand, rate of hand movement and weight differentiation	100%
What is psychometrics?	The measurement or study of psychological measurement	100%
Who is the Father of Psychology?	Wilhelm Wundt	100%
What is a satisfactory agreement?	0.4 to 0.75	0%
What does the overall goal provide?	a systematic framework for the project	0%
What is a true score?	by taking the average of all an individuals observed scores	0%
What is Reliability?	consistency in measurement	0%
What are the four assumptions of classical test theory?	Each person has a true score, There is always measurement error, the true score of an individual does not change with repeated applications and the distribution of random errors will be the same for everyone.	0%
What does Inter-rater reliability measure?	how consistently 2 or more raters agree on rating someone	0%
How is SEM calculated?	How much an observed score differs from the true score, on average	0%
When is a test reliable?	if it's able to give similar accurate measurements repeatedly	0%
What does a personality test measure?	Measure typical behaviour and a persons individuality	0%
What is covert behaviour	mental or social action that is not immediately observable	0%
What are the factors influencing reliability?	Number of items in the test, variability of the sample and extraneous variables	0%
What did he measure	Practical judgement	0%
What does SEM stand for?	Standard error of measurement	0%
What are the four types of Reliability?	Test-retest, Parallel forms, internal consistency and inter-rater	0%
What is the aim of Content Definition?	to operationally define the construct being measured	0%
What is test-retest reliability?	when a person completes the same test at two different points in time	0%
What is Internal consistency reliability	When different items in the same test all measure the same thing to the same extent	0%
When is a test more reliable?	When there is a larger sample size	0%
What is parallel forms reliability?	When two forms of the same test are administered	0%