What likely accounts for an observed effect of the examiner's race on intelligence test performance?
a. White examiners are more likely to elicit stereotype threat from racial minority test takers.
b. Lack of standardization in some intelligence testing procedures.
c. Subtle, nonverbal cues that manifest in racially-specific ways.
d. Racial minority test takers tend to have lower expectations for their performance in the presence of White examiners.
In a frequency distribution, the scores, from lowest to highest, are typically arranged
a. on the horizontal axis.
b. on the vertical axis.
c. in the legend.
d. in the title.
Which of the following is true of self-report of health issues?
a. People report more symptoms when a mailed questionnaire is used than when they are interviewed face to face.
b. People are typically reluctant to report symptoms when completing a mailed questionnaire because it feels so impersonal.
c. Mailed questionnaires should not be used due to the possibility that private health information might be accidentally made public.
d. It is important for an examiner to be present to explain difficult terms to those taking the test.
Which of the following is true of percentiles?
a. They are the inverse of percentile ranks.
b. They indicate what percentage of scores fall below a given score.
c. They describe the relationship of test scores to the hypothesized constructs.
d. They divide the total frequency for a set of observations into hundredths.
Test takers who speak more than two languages should be given a test in
a. the test taker's first language.
b. the test administrator's first language.
c. the standard language used in that area.
d. the language with which the test taker is most comfortable.
Which of the following is an accurate description of percentile ranks?
a. They are the ratio of the number of cases below a score of interest to the total number of cases.
b. They are a measurement of the extent to which scores are normally distributed.
c. They must be computed in order to use most statistical analysis techniques.
d. While they are useful in describing nominal scales, they cannot be used with interval and ratio scales.
One study showed that measures administered via telephone differed in what way from those that required people to fill out the questions on their own? (Hanmer, Hays, & Flyback, 2007)
a. They yielded lower health scores.
b. They yielded higher health scores.
c. They yielded more accurate health scores.
d. They yielded more variability in health scores.
Which of the following is a permissible operation for nominal data?
a. Multiplication by transform equations
b. Creation of frequency distributions
c. Comparison of scores to determine relative quantities
d. Identification of construct validity
Which of the following is an advantage of computer-assisted test administration?
a. Use of computers greatly increases validity.
b. Test takers can look ahead and skip back and forth to items they feel confident about.
c. Computer generated reports are less likely to be misinterpreted.
d. Items can be administered in any order.
Which type of scale has magnitude and equal intervals, but does not have an absolute zero?
a. Ordinal
b. Nominal
c. Ratio
d. Interval
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