EDR 610 Quiz 4 Latest–Questions and Answers (Graded A)

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Question 1 1 out of 1 points The school psychologist administered a series of tests and observed the student in the classroom to determine if he should be placed in the special education class. Th... is process is called Selected Answer: b. Measurem ent.  Question 2 1 out of 1 points Which one of the following represents the narrowest set of things to be done? Selected Answer: a. Measurem ent  Question 3 1 out of 1 points An example of a nominal measurement scale is Selected Answer: a. Classification according to race.  Question 4 1 out of 1 points Organizing and summarizing data in a parsimonious manner is the result of using Selected Answer: d. Descriptive statistics.  Question 5 1 out of 1 points All of the following are characteristics of frequency distributions EXCEPT Selected Answer: d. The scores are ranked according to their frequencies.  Question 6 1 out of 1 points A teacher works with her class in such an effective manner that all but a few of the students master the material at a very high level. The exam scores for these classes are likely to be distributed as Selected Answer: c. Negatively This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-13-2022 16:40:00 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/27558430/sample-4docx/ skewed.  Question 7 1 out of 1 points The major concern related to using the mean as a measure of central tendency is its Selected Answer: b. Susceptibility to extreme scores.  Question 8 1 out of 1 points The exam grades in History 1001 for five students were 70, 75, 80, 85, and 90. These same students had grades of 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 in English 1005. These two sets of scores differ in terms of Selected Answer: b. Variatio n.  Question 9 1 out of 1 points A researcher found a strong negative correlation between hours viewing television and grades in school. This means that Selected Answer: b. The children who watched less television had better school grades.  Question 10 1 out of 1 points Which of the following statements reflects the characteristics of validity? Selected Answer: d. There is evidence related to content, internal structure, and convergent validity, so the inferences drawn for the test are likely to be meaningful.  Question 11 1 out of 1 points A test is said to be _________ if a person who takes the test obtains about the same score each time it is taken. Selected Answer: c. Reliab le  Question 12 1 out of 1 points The authors of the new math test administered the same test to a group of fourth graders in the beginning and the end of the same This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-13-2022 16:40:00 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/27558430/sample-4docx/ day. A reliability coefficient of .90 was obtained using this method, and the authors claimed that their test had high reliability. Were the authors correct in making this claim and why? Selected Answer: c. No, because the high correlation could have been due to the short duration of the test-retest interval.  Question 13 1 out of 1 points A researcher is using a scale measuring student's attitude toward high school drug testing programs. Students respond to each item using a five (5) point Likert scale (i.e., strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree). Which reliability coefficient should be used? Selected Answer: d. Cronbach alpha  Question 14 1 out of 1 points Test A containing 75 items was given to a mixed ability group of eighth-graders. Test B containing 20 items was given to eighthgrade honors students. Which test is likely to have a higher reliability and why? Selected Answer: a. Test A, because the test was longer and was administered to a heterogeneous group of subjects.  Question 15 1 out of 1 points If a test is administered to one class of students and the scores from it have very little variation in comparison to the other classes, what is likely to happen to reliability of the test for that class? Selected Answer: b. It will be lower.  Question 16 1 out of 1 points Which is the implication of the statement, "Reliability is necessary but not sufficient for validity."? Selected Answer: c. A test could be reliable but not valid.  Question 17 1 out of 1 points This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-13-2022 16:40:00 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/27558430/sample-4docx/ Ms. Carter, the special education teacher, has to develop individualized educational programs for all the students in her class. What type of tests should she use to identify what the students do and do not know in each area? Selected Answer: a. Criterionreferenced  Question 18 1 out of 1 points A standardized test is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT Selected Answer: b. Response sets.  Question 19 1 out of 1 points A standardized achievement test is likely to differ from an informal achievement test on the Selected Answer: d. All of the above.  Question 20 1 out of 1 points Standardized aptitude tests are u [Show More]

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