Question 1

Dr. Johnson is trying to establish norms for his new test. He determined that 50% of the people in the population are Hispanic, 20% are Caucasian, 15% are Asian, and 15% are African American. He uses the same proportions when he creates a

Accepted Answer

A) valid test. 
B) representative sample. 
C) random sample. 
D) test population.

Question 2

Explain why just knowing the percentage of correct items on a test can be misleading for understanding a participant's performance. How have psychologists dealt with these issues of interpretation?

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The answer of Explain why just knowing the percentage of...

Question 3

According to recent research, growing numbers of four-year colleges are not relying on the SAT test partly because of

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A) budget constraints. 
B) diversity concerns. 
C) reliability issues. 
D) quality control.

Question 4

Robert Yerkes led the team of psychologists that developed the

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A) Army Alpha and Army Beta. 
B) Seguin Form Board. 
C) Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale. 
D) Yerkes Personal Data Sheet.

Question 5

Understanding concepts such as reliability, validity, item analysis, and test construction requires careful study and knowledge of

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A) psychology. 
B) the history of testing. 
C) test administration. 
D) statistics.

Question 6

Sir Francis Galton set out to show

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A) that some humans possessed characteristics that made them more fit than other humans. 
B) that humans did not differ significantly from each other. 
C) that life evolved on this planet partially because of individual differences among individual forms of life within a species or type of animal. 
D) that the concept of survival of the fittest was essentially incorrect.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a group that standardized tests tend to disadvantage?

Accepted Answer

A) Women 
B) Students from low-income households 
C) Younger students 
D) Ethnic minorities

Exam 1: Introduction