Question 1

If the mean of a distribution is 100 and the standard deviation is 15,what percentage of scores occur between +1 and -1 standard deviations? What percentage of scores occur between +2 and -2 standard deviations?

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Question 2

If a student receives an IQ score of 77 and the test has a standard error of measurement of 5,what is the appropriate interpretation of a score of 77 using the concept of the confidence band?

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Question 3

Provide the manuals for frequently used tests and have students review the validity and reliability information in the manuals.

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Question 4

What are test norms,how are they developed,and what are the various types of available norms?

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Question 5

Define the terms mean and standard deviation,describe the relationship between them,and explain why many experts suggest they are the two most important basic statistics.

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Question 6

Help students identify some of the most widely used norm-referenced tests.Then have the students review the information about the tests in Mental Measurements Yearbook.

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Question 7

Create flash cards using the key terms from the chapter and have students practice learning the terms in small groups.Some of the key chapter terms include norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing,reliability,and validity.Other important terms include normal distribution,mean,standard deviation,and standard error of measurement.

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Question 8

Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing represent fundamentally different
ways of measuring student performance.Define norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing and describe three advantages and disadvantages of each?

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Question 9

Have students practice calculating the mean and the range (or the standard deviation)for sample sets of scores from class tests.

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Question 10

Can a test be reliable without being valid? Can a test be valid without being reliable?
Provide an example to explain your answers.

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Question 11

Summarize the different types of validity and explain why content validity is the most important technical characteristic of tests.

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Question 12

Provide the manuals for frequently used tests and have students review the norm development information in the manuals.

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Question 13

Summarize the different types of reliability and interpret the meaning of the following reliability coefficients: r = .90,r = .95,r = .75.

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Quiz 3: Practical Measurement Concepts