A test was given to a group of sixth grade children. The score reliability of the test was found to ...

A test was given to a group of sixth grade children. The score reliability of the test was found to be .70. Later the test was given to the seventh and eighth grades in the same school system and the results for the three grades were combined. What would you expect the reliability coefficient of the test to be?
 
  a. Above .70
  b. Below .70
  c. Very close to .70
  d. Impossible to determine from the information given.

Ques. 2

A student received a score of 85 on a classroom test where the mean was 70 and the standard deviation was 10. The test was found to have a reliability coefficient of .64. Which of the following statements would correctly express the accuracy of the student's obtained score? There are
 
  a. 50 chances out of 100 that the true score is included by the range of scores from 72 to 78.
  b. 68 chances out of 100 that the true score is included by the range of scores from 75 to 95.
  c. 68 chances out of 100 that the true score is included by the range of scores from 79 to 91.
  d. 75 chances out of 100 that the true score is included by the range of scores from 79 to 91.
  e. 95 chances out of 100 that the true score is included by the range of scores from 79 to 91.

Ques. 3

Refer to Exhibit 9-3. An end-of-year test in junior high school science
 
  a. evidence based on content
  b. evidence supporting construct
  c. evidence based on relationship to other variables

Ques. 4

Refer to Exhibit 9-3. An employment test for selecting data processors
 
  a. evidence based on content
  b. evidence supporting construct
  c. evidence based on relationship to other variables

Ques. 5

Refer to Exhibit 9-3. A quantitative aptitude test used for screening applicants for admission to the School of Engineering.
 
  a. evidence based on content
  b. evidence supporting construct
  c. evidence based on relationship to other variables

Ques. 6

Refer to Exhibit 9-3. An inventory designed to measure depression in adolescents.
 
  a. evidence based on content
  b. evidence supporting construct
  c. evidence based on relationship to other variables

Ques. 7

Refer to Exhibit 9-2. For 5,000 cases, scores on the test were correlated with grades in freshman college mathematics. This step is concerned with
 
  a. reliability.
  b. validity evidence based on content.
  c. validity evidence based on relationship to the other variables.
  d. validity evidence based on response processes.

Ques. 8

Refer to Exhibit 9-2. The test outline was prepared by a committee of experts in the high school math curriculum. This step is concerned with
 
  a. reliability.
  b. validity evidence based on content.
  c. validity evidence based on relationship to the other variables.
  d. validity evidence based on response processes.