Chapter 19- Test Bias

Which SOMPA component uses the norms within a particular sub group for defining deviance

A pluralistic

Macon grew up in a small town where she was the top student in her school. She was active in the agricultural club, but had Not had an opportunity to travel, or Attend plays, operas, and formal dinners. She did not score well on his intelligence test it asked questions about these types of events her low score reflects

A violation of content validity

If an employer declined applications from specific minorities based on a psychological test result that illustrates

Adverse impact

Studies have examine the correlation between measures of medical school success and success as a physician and practice has shown

Almost no correlation

An estimated learning potential is

And intelligence test score normed against individuals with the same social and cultural background as the test taker

The highest scores on the SAT reasoning test math section or obtained by

Asian Americans

Which model of test fairness select small potentially successful people from the lower group

Cole Darlington

The SOMPA system

Considers each child relative to others from the same social or cultural group

Under current guidelines with most of employee you do if a selection procedure has adverse impact

Demonstrate the procedures validity in making the inferences the employer wants to make

The most clear-cut case of test bias is shown when the regression line for two groups have _______slopes and __________ intercepts

Different; different

The type of analysis that starts by finding equivalent sub groups of various test takers and then comparing the performance on specific test questions is known as

Differential item functioning analysis

__________ attempts To identify items that are specifically biased again specific groups

Differential item functioning analysis

Which of the following is true of biased test items

Elimination of biased items does not illuminate test score differences

The main type of validity evidence that exists for the Chittling test is

Face validity

Flaugher (1978) contends That arguments about test by us were based on misunderstandings because test developers

Focus on overall test performance and how it correlates with an external criteria

The 1978 uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures provides

Guidelines for the use of psychological test in education and industry

The Chitling Test

Has only been shown to have face Validity

A clear case of test bias is given regression lines describe in the relationship between test and criterion for two different groups

Have different slopes

Which of the following was a result of the decision by the University of California to reject the SAT1

High schools change the curricula to include more math an essay writing experiences

Scores on the BITCH have been shown to be

Higher for African-American group stand for white groups

Which of the following makes it difficult to interpret racial differences in test performance

Increasing numbers of individuals will not report their raced when asked

The finding their intelligence scores have changed significantly over time for some group Leeanns support to the argument that

Intelligence is not completely determined by genetics

In one study on content by us in elementary reading test groups of experts were able to inspect the test and illuminate items that were potentially based toward the majority group. How does this affect the differences between score is obtained by groups of majority and minority students

It had little or no effect

One problem with the standardized medical College Admissions test is that

It has not been successfully evaluated against performance in actual medical practice

Although the quota system may adequately represent minority groups, it

May result in greater failure rates among some groups

The SOMPA System includes a physical examination because

Medical problems can interfere with performance on mental measures and school assignments

Members of certain minority groups or more likely to have positive tuberculosis test results than our majority group members. How to public health workers interpreted this observation

Members of those minority groups or more likely to live in environment in which the spread of tuberculosis is more likely to occur

Examination of test such as the WAIS AND WIS-R have found that white males or more often depicted in test items then other groups. What has research shown about such differences

No one has established that these Differences affect test performance

Much of the controversy regarding testing has centered on the finding that on average the IQ scores of African-Americans are

One standard deviation below the scores of white Americans

Which component of the Esso MPA assumes that different subcultures are associated with different life experiences

Pluralistic

According to Heckman Which of the following is responsible for many major social problems

Poor literacy skills

Dr. X believes that the state supported law school should except its first year class with ethnic representation equal to the proportions of the different ethnic groups in the general population. Dr. X believes in

Quotas

Which of these ethical positions most explicitly recognize this race in gender differences

Quotas

Which of the following approaches leads to the highest expected performance On the criterion

Regression

In a California trial, a judge remarked that ignorance and stupidity are too competitive explanations for poor test performed. According to the stupidity explanation, poor test performance

Represents a deficiency that cannot easily be changed

The assessment technique the best challenges traditional beliefs about testing is the

SOMPA

WISC-R Scores are converted into estimated learning potential's on the

SOMPA

A test has adverse impact if it

Systematically rejects higher proportions of minorities then nonminority individuals individuals

Attributing low scores to ignorance suggest

Test performance might be improved by and reaching the social environment

Williams created the BITCH To test

The ability to survive in the African-American community

Which of the following is true of job performance measures in relation to race

The difference between African-Americans and whites are greater for objective than subjective measures

The BITCH May help to assess

The extent to which an African-American is in touch with his or her own community

Which viewpoint was not considered in the development of the SOMPA?

The genetic model

Which of the following is true of the Chittling test

The test lax predictive validity for both minority and non-minority groups

According to _______, selection procedures are biased if the percentage of applicants admitted to a school is significantly different from the percentage in the population

The use of Quotas

Inner-city children who may take the WISC-R May obtain lower scores because

They are not given credit for responses that are appropriate to their environment

The equal employment opportunity commission was created by

Title VII Of the 1964 civil rights act

A way in which differences between groups might stimulate new Interpretations is

To examine parents of problem-solving with in a subculture

A Limitation limitation of the BITCH is

Undocumented criterion validity

The textbook takes the position that observed differences between minority and non-minority groups might be attributed to

Unequal access to adequate education and stimulating experiences

Miss Collins uses Tess to select the most qualified people she could find to hire. She did not attend to the race or gender of applicants. Mrs. Collins technique is known as

Unqualified individualism

Some people my advocate that separate regression line to be used to select people from different groups and that person's should be selected only on the basis of the probability they will succeed on the job. The moral position this represents is

Unqualified individualism

Differential process theory asserts that

Various strategies may lead to a solution

The SOMPA System uses portions of the

WISC-R

Sanders position that students who were excepted in law schools by affirmative action tend to perform worse than other students

Was not well received by legal scholars

The real dispute about racial differences in intelligence test results in

Why the differences exist

The BITCH Is predominantly a test of

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