It is more costly and time-consuming to collect
A) internal consistency reliability.
B) item reliability.
C) stability information.
D) interscorer agreement.
Ques. 2Tests used in making important educational decisions for students should have reliability estimates of at least
A) 0.90.
B) 0.60.
C) 0.70.
D) 0.95.
Ques. 3Your book authors recommend that there should be less than a_____ discrepancy between a majority group's proportion in the norm sample as compared to its proportion in the general population
A) 15
B) 10
C) 30
D) 5
Ques. 4Better norm groups are selected on the basis of
A) all levels of socioeconomic status.
B) urban and suburban communities.
C) the highly populated areas of the United States.
D) the two largest racial and ethnic groups.
Ques. 5A test score in a normative sample may be dropped for all of the reasons except if
A) it is an outlier.
B) demographic data is complete.
C) the student was too young for the sample requirements.
D) the student failed to complete the test.
Ques. 6If the purpose of a test is to compare students' progress in comparison to other students,
A) the test should have at least 1,000 students in the norm sample.
B) the test should provide criterion-referenced scores.
C) the test must provide same gender comparison scores.
D) the test should provide normative scores.
Ques. 7Unbeknownst to many,
A) the number of students tested generally equals the norm group.
B) the norm group is typically less than the number of students tested.
C) the norm group is typically greater than the number of students tested.
D) None of the answers are correct.
Ques. 8Test content can be confirmed by
A) reasoned rationale for the exclusion of certain content.
B) comparisons with other new similar tests.
C) comparisons with an internal standard.
D) your professional opinion.
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