Form A of a standardized reading test is administered and then Form B of the same test is ...

Form A of a standardized reading test is administered and then Form B of the same test is administered one month later. The coefficient of correlation between the two test scores for a group of students would be known as a
 
  a. coefficient alpha.
  b. coefficient of stability.
  c. coefficient of equivalence.
  d. coefficient of internal consistency.
  e. coefficient of stability and equivalence.

Ques. 2

The scores made by a group of students on a classroom chemistry test are correlated with their scores on a standardized chemistry test. The coefficient of correlation between the two sets of scores would be called a
 
  a. coefficient alpha.
  b. validity coefficient.
  c. coefficient of equivalence.
  d. coefficient of stability and equivalence.
  e. coefficient of internal consistency.

Ques. 3

Reliability is to random error as validity is to
 
  a. standard error.
  b. systematic error.
  c. internal error.
  d. error of measurement.
  e. None of these are true.

Ques. 4

Miss Smith compares the items on the Powers Chemistry Test to the content and objectives in her chemistry course. Miss Smith is most concerned with
 
  a. validity evidence based on relationship to other variables.
  b. validity evidence based on content.
  c. validity evidence based on internal structure.
  d. stability reliability.
  e. equivalent forms reliability.

Ques. 5

To estimate changes in test reliability that would result from changing the length of a test, one would use the
 
  a. phi coefficient.
  c. Spearman-Brown.
  b. Kuder-Richardson 20.
  d. coefficient alpha.

Ques. 6

A researcher wishes to increase the score reliability of a reading test being used in a study. The score reliability could be most easily increased by increasing the
 
  a. number of items on the test.
  c. homogeneity of the group tested.
  b. number of persons tested.
  d. number of types of items on the test.

Ques. 7

An investigator computed the split-half reliability coefficient of a test and found it to be .85. Later an equivalent form of the test was prepared and the reliability computed by administering the two forms to a group. One might expect that the reliability coefficient obtained by the latter procedure would be
 
  a.
  lower than .85.
  c.
  also .85.
  b.
  higher than .85.

Ques. 8

A language aptitude test is administered to 50 students who are entering an honors French course. After one semester, their scores from the final examination in the French course are correlated with the scores from the language aptitude test. The resulting correlation coefficient would provide what kind of evidence of the test's score validity?
 
  a. Content
  c. Concurrent
  b. Test-retest
  d. Criterion-related

Ques. 9

Split-half reliability will be higher than Kuder-Richardson reliability in
 
  a. a long test.
  b. a very difficult test.
  c. a heterogeneous test.
  d. a test with a large error variance.
  e. an internally consistent test.