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Psychological testing usages (5)

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Used to assess many areas:
o Traits
(introversion and extroversion)
o Certain conditions
(depression and anxiety)
o Intelligence, aptitude and achievement
(verbal intelligence and reading achievement)
o Attitude and feelings
(how individuals feel about the treatment that they received from their therapists)
o Interests
(the careers and activities that a person is interested in, specific abilities, knowledge or skills such as cognitive ability)

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Types of psychological Tests (2)

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  1. Mental Ability Test: intelligence tests, aptitude tests, and achievement tests
  2. Personality Tests: measure behavioral traits, motives, and interests
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Standardisation

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A two part test development procedure that first establishes test norms from the test results of the large sample

  • Ensuring all participants of the test are under the same circumstances
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Norms

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Scores established from the test
o All proctors must give same directions and conditions and scores sheets
o Norm group: representative sample

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Types of reliability test (4)

test to check reliability of an experiment

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  1. Test-Retest: test produces similar results when given at two points in time
  2. Alternate Form: two versions of the same test produce similar results
  3. Internal: different parts of the same test produce similar results
  4. Interrater or Interjudge: two or more raters or judges who administer and score a test to an individual come to similar conclusions
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Reliability

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How consistent the results from a test are. The ability of the test when being administered repeatedly

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Correlation Coefficient Interpretation

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The understanding of the numerical relationship between two variables

Strength of relationship according to coefficient range
high = 0.8 - 1
moderate = 0.4 - 0.6
low = 0 - 0.2

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Validity

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How relevant the test is designed to measure the content

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Criterion of validity:

Concurrent

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  • Measures the ability of the test to estimate present performance
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Criterion of validity:

Predictive

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Measures the ability of the test to predict future performance