Indicate the type of validity evidence that is represented in the following situations. A respected ...

Indicate the type of validity evidence that is represented in the following situations. A respected university professor of American literature examines a test designed to measure student knowledge of American literature of the 19th century and states that, in his opinion, the test measures such knowledge.
 
  a. content c. concurrent
  b. construct d. predictive

Ques. 2

Indicate the type of validity evidence that is represented in the following situations. In validating a teacher-constructed test of writing ability, a researcher correlates the test scores with the grades the students are receiving on their writing exercises in class.
 
  a. content c. concurrent
  b. construct d. predictive

Ques. 3

A test-retest reliability coefficient does not identify effects due to
 
  a. practice effects from taking the test on more than one occasion.
  b. day-to-day fluctuations in the person's behavior.
  c. long-term change in the person's behavior.
  d. the particular sample of items used on the test.

Ques. 4

The most appropriate reliability index to use for a comprehensive multiple-choice final examination in an introductory college course is
 
  a. Kuder-Richardson 20.
  b. Kuder-Richardson 21.
  c. coefficient of equivalence.
  d. Spearman-Brown.
  e. coefficient of stability.