Question 1

Which of the following factors may influence a split-half reliability estimate?

Accepted Answer

A)  fatigue 
B)  anxiety 
C)  item difficulty 
D)  All of these 
A)  fatigue 
B)  anxiety 
C)  item difficulty 
D)  All of these

Question 2

Which would NOT be useful in estimating a test's inter-item consistency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cronbach's alpha 
B)  the Kuder-Richardson formulas 
C)  the average proportional distance 
D)  a coefficient of equivalence 
A)  Cronbach's alpha 
B)  the Kuder-Richardson formulas 
C)  the average proportional distance 
D)  a coefficient of equivalence

Question 3

Which is the BEST example of a dynamic characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  the stress level of a trapeze flyer at a circus 
B)  the intelligence of a college student during Spring Break 
C)  the anti-authority attitude of an inmate serving a life term 
D)  None of these 
A)  the stress level of a trapeze flyer at a circus 
B)  the intelligence of a college student during Spring Break 
C)  the anti-authority attitude of an inmate serving a life term 
D)  None of these

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an assumption attendant to the use of IRT?

Accepted Answer

A)  the assumption of unidimensionality 
B)  the assumption of heteroskedacity 
C)  the assumption of local independence 
D)  the assumption of monotonicity 
A)  the assumption of unidimensionality 
B)  the assumption of heteroskedacity 
C)  the assumption of local independence 
D)  the assumption of monotonicity

Question 5

A Wall Street Securities firm that is actually located on Wall Street is testing a group of candidates for their aptitude in finance and business.As the testing begins,an unexpected "Occupy Wall Street" sit-in takes place.From a psychometric perspective in the context of this testing,the sit-in is viewed as

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic error. 
B)  random error. 
C)  test administration error. 
D)  background error. 
A)  systematic error. 
B)  random error. 
C)  test administration error. 
D)  background error.

Question 6

Which BEST conveys the meaning of an inter-scorer reliability estimate of .90?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ninety percent of the scores obtained are reliable. 
B)  Ninety percent of the variance in the scores assigned by the scorers was attributed to true differences and 10% to error. 
C)  Ten percent of the variance in the scores assigned by the scorers was attributed to true differences and 90% to error. 
D)  Ten percent of the test's items are in need of revision according to the majority of the test's users. 
A)  Ninety percent of the scores obtained are reliable. 
B)  Ninety percent of the variance in the scores assigned by the scorers was attributed to true differences and 10% to error. 
C)  Ten percent of the variance in the scores assigned by the scorers was attributed to true differences and 90% to error. 
D)  Ten percent of the test's items are in need of revision according to the majority of the test's users.

Question 7

A test entails behavioral observation and rating of front desk clerks to determine whether or not they greet guests with a smile.Which type of error is this test most susceptible to?

Accepted Answer

A)  test administration error 
B)  test construction error 
C)  examiner-related error 
D)  polling error 
A)  test administration error 
B)  test construction error 
C)  examiner-related error 
D)  polling error

Question 8

Which of the following types of reliability estimates is the most expensive due to the costs involved in test development?

Accepted Answer

A)  test-retest 
B)  parallel-form 
C)  internal-consistency 
D)  Spearman's rho 
A)  test-retest 
B)  parallel-form 
C)  internal-consistency 
D)  Spearman's rho

Question 9

The term test heterogeneity BEST refers to the extent to which test items measure

Accepted Answer

A)  different factors. 
B)  the same factor. 
C)  a unifactorial trait. 
D)  a nonhomogeneous trait. 
A)  different factors. 
B)  the same factor. 
C)  a unifactorial trait. 
D)  a nonhomogeneous trait.

Question 10

Which of the following is generally the preferred statistic for obtaining a measure of internal-consistency reliability?

Accepted Answer

A)  KR-20 
B)  KR-21 
C)  Kendall's Tau 
D)  coefficient alpha 
A)  KR-20 
B)  KR-21 
C)  Kendall's Tau 
D)  coefficient alpha

Question 11

Which is TRUE of measurement error?

Accepted Answer

A)  Like error in general, measurement error may be random or systematic. 
B)  Unlike error in general, measurement error may be random or systematic. 
C)  Measurement error is always random. 
D)  Measurement error is always systematic. 
A)  Like error in general, measurement error may be random or systematic. 
B)  Unlike error in general, measurement error may be random or systematic. 
C)  Measurement error is always random. 
D)  Measurement error is always systematic.

Question 12

"Coefficient alpha 20" is a reference to

Accepted Answer

A)  a variant of the Kuder-Richardson KR-20 formula. 
B)  the 20th in a series of formulas developed by Cronbach. 
C)  a 20th-century revision of a Galtonian expression. 
D)  None of these 
A)  a variant of the Kuder-Richardson KR-20 formula. 
B)  the 20th in a series of formulas developed by Cronbach. 
C)  a 20th-century revision of a Galtonian expression. 
D)  None of these

Question 13

Classical reliability theory estimates the portion of a test score that is attributed to ________,and domain sampling theory estimates ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  specific sources of variation; error 
B)  error; specific sources of variation 
C)  the skills being measured; variation 
D)  the skills being measured; content knowledge 
A)  specific sources of variation; error 
B)  error; specific sources of variation 
C)  the skills being measured; variation 
D)  the skills being measured; content knowledge

Question 14

Test items with little discriminative ability prompt the test developer to consider the possibility that

Accepted Answer

A)  the content of the item does not match the construct measured by the other items in the scale. 
B)  the item is poorly worded and needs to be rewritten. 
C)  the item is too complex for the educational level of the population. 
D)  All of these 
A)  the content of the item does not match the construct measured by the other items in the scale. 
B)  the item is poorly worded and needs to be rewritten. 
C)  the item is too complex for the educational level of the population. 
D)  All of these

Question 15

Because of the unique problems in assessing very young children,which of the following would be the BEST practice when attempting to estimate the reliability of tests designed to measure cognitive and motor abilities in infants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use relatively short test-retest intervals. 
B)  Use relatively long test-retest intervals. 
C)  Do not use the test-retest method for estimating reliability of the test. 
D)  Use only inter-scorer reliability estimates. 
A)  Use relatively short test-retest intervals. 
B)  Use relatively long test-retest intervals. 
C)  Do not use the test-retest method for estimating reliability of the test. 
D)  Use only inter-scorer reliability estimates.

Question 16

Different types of reliability coefficients

Accepted Answer

A)  all reflect the same sources of error variance. 
B)  may reflect different sources of error variance. 
C)  never reflect the same source of error variance. 
D)  reflect on error variance during leisure activities. 
A)  all reflect the same sources of error variance. 
B)  may reflect different sources of error variance. 
C)  never reflect the same source of error variance. 
D)  reflect on error variance during leisure activities.

Question 17

This variety of error has also been referred to as "noise." It is

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic error. 
B)  random error. 
C)  measurement error. 
D)  background error. 
A)  systematic error. 
B)  random error. 
C)  measurement error. 
D)  background error.

Question 18

KR-20 is the statistic of choice for tests with which types of items?

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple-choice 
B)  true-false 
C)  All of these 
D)  None of these 
A)  multiple-choice 
B)  true-false 
C)  All of these 
D)  None of these

Question 19

The probabilistic relationship between a testtaker's response to a test item and that testtaker's level on the latent construct being measured by the test is expressed in graphic form by

Accepted Answer

A)  an item characteristic curve. 
B)  an item response curve. 
C)  an item trace line. 
D)  All of these 
A)  an item characteristic curve. 
B)  an item response curve. 
C)  an item trace line. 
D)  All of these

Question 20

In an IRT information curve,the term information magnitude may BEST be understood as referring to

Accepted Answer

A)  theta. 
B)  the range of the underlying construct. 
C)  precision. 
D)  difficulty. 
A)  theta. 
B)  the range of the underlying construct. 
C)  precision. 
D)  difficulty.

Which of the following factors may influence a split-half reliability estimate?

Which would NOT be useful in estimating a test's inter-item consistency?

Which is the BEST example of a dynamic characteristic?

Which of the following is NOT an assumption attendant to the use of IRT?

Which BEST conveys the meaning of an inter-scorer reliability estimate of .90?

A test entails behavioral observation and rating of front desk clerks to determine whether or not they greet guests with a smile.Which type of error is this test most susceptible to?

Which of the following types of reliability estimates is the most expensive due to the costs involved in test development?

The term test heterogeneity BEST refers to the extent to which test items measure

Which of the following is generally the preferred statistic for obtaining a measure of internal-consistency reliability?

Which is TRUE of measurement error?

"Coefficient alpha 20" is a reference to

Classical reliability theory estimates the portion of a test score that is attributed to ,and domain sampling theory estimates .

Test items with little discriminative ability prompt the test developer to consider the possibility that

Because of the unique problems in assessing very young children,which of the following would be the BEST practice when attempting to estimate the reliability of tests designed to measure cognitive and motor abilities in infants?

Different types of reliability coefficients

This variety of error has also been referred to as "noise." It is

KR-20 is the statistic of choice for tests with which types of items?

The probabilistic relationship between a testtaker's response to a test item and that testtaker's level on the latent construct being measured by the test is expressed in graphic form by

In an IRT information curve,the term information magnitude may BEST be understood as referring to

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Exam 5: Reliability

Which of the following factors may influence a split-half reliability estimate?

Which would NOT be useful in estimating a test's inter-item consistency?

Which is the BEST example of a dynamic characteristic?

Which of the following is NOT an assumption attendant to the use of IRT?

Which BEST conveys the meaning of an inter-scorer reliability estimate of .90?

A test entails behavioral observation and rating of front desk clerks to determine whether or not they greet guests with a smile.Which type of error is this test most susceptible to?

Which of the following types of reliability estimates is the most expensive due to the costs involved in test development?

The term test heterogeneity BEST refers to the extent to which test items measure

Which of the following is generally the preferred statistic for obtaining a measure of internal-consistency reliability?

Which is TRUE of measurement error?

"Coefficient alpha 20" is a reference to

Classical reliability theory estimates the portion of a test score that is attributed to ________,and domain sampling theory estimates ________.

Test items with little discriminative ability prompt the test developer to consider the possibility that

Because of the unique problems in assessing very young children,which of the following would be the BEST practice when attempting to estimate the reliability of tests designed to measure cognitive and motor abilities in infants?

Different types of reliability coefficients

This variety of error has also been referred to as "noise." It is

KR-20 is the statistic of choice for tests with which types of items?

The probabilistic relationship between a testtaker's response to a test item and that testtaker's level on the latent construct being measured by the test is expressed in graphic form by

In an IRT information curve,the term information magnitude may BEST be understood as referring to

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Classical reliability theory estimates the portion of a test score that is attributed to ,and domain sampling theory estimates .