ASSESSMENT NCE FINAL MISSED ITEMS

Using the Three Step Decision Making Model, what is the first step a therapist should use in the appraisal process? A. Consult the client's employer about the client's performance B. Start the documentation process for the client's file C. Determine what decisions and judgments need to be made D. Always have the client sign disclosure forms first

Using the Three Step Decision Making Model, what is the first step a therapist should use in the appraisal process? Your answer: Determine what decisions and judgments need to be made

What does it mean if graduate therapy students have NCE scores and grade point averages with a correlation of .8? 80 percent of variability in the NCE and GPA is shared 20 percent of variability in the NCE and GPA is shared 64 percent of variability in the NCE and GPA is shared

64 percent of variability in NCE and GPA is shared. Variability is the square root of the .8 correlation

In calculating the Z scores of a class of students, the mean of their test results would be transformed to: 5 2 1 0

Correct answer: 0

A set of scores has a reliability coefficient of .8. What does this indicate? 20 percent of variability is due to true score differences 80 percent of variability is due to true score differences 80 percent is due to the validity coefficient 20 percent is due to the validity coefficient

Correct answer: 80 percent of variability is due to true score differences

You have created a test instrument and want to show that it is valid. You have a test group take your instrument and later have them take another test that has been around since the 1950s. You find the correlation between the two tests is 0.70. The variance of both assessment tools would be: >68 percent 51 - 68 percent = 50 percent < 50 percent

Correct answer: < 50 percent

In a mental status examination report, shallow, labile, or blunted would describe: Affect Gestures Attention Mood

Correct answer: Affect

The Lake Wobegon effect indicates that: All students are rated "below average" All students are rated "above average" All students are in reality, not rated All students are rated "average"

Correct answer: All students are rated "above average"

Two different versions of the same aptitude test are given to the same group of subjects. The correlation between the first and second versions of the aptitude test is .63. What type of reliability coefficient is this? Multiple regression coefficient Survey coefficient Coefficient of equivalence Coefficient of external validity

Correct answer: Coefficient of equivalence Correlation between two separate forms or scales developed to assess the same construct. Parallel From or Coefficiant of equivalance: This coefficient tells us: precision of measurement of each form - how accurately individuals are characterized at a single point in time by each form. Parallel forms are difficult to develop, must meet exacting standards. They must have: Equal means Equal standard deviations Equal reliabilities Equal correlations with outside variables The correlation between the two parallel forms is the parallel forms reliability for either of the parallel forms, using the other as parallel form. For example, assume the presence of Forms A and B to measure a given construct. If a sample of individuals is administered both forms and scores on the two forms correlate .84, then the parallel forms reliability for Form A is .84 (using Form B as the basis of this claim) and the parallel forms reliability for Form B is .84 (using Form A as the basis of this claim).

When you compare the outcome of a test with the outcomes of other tests that have been around for a period of time, you are looking at what type of validity? Concurrent Construct Correlational Fact

Correct answer: Concurrent

`A test instrument's accuracy in determining a client's reaction to a particular event is known as: Construct validity Criterion-related validity Reliability Behavioral objective index

Correct answer: Criterion-related validity

When performing a psychosocial assessment of an infant by questioning her parents, what data would have the greatest significance? Developmental information about the infant If the mother was taking any drugs during her pregnancy If the infant has siblings If the infant has constant and consistent care

Correct answer: Developmental information about the infant

Questions on a test to measure qualitative ability seem to be long on exposition and short on numerical terms. What kind of validity might this test be low or lacking in? Sample Face Construct External

Correct answer: Face

How are normative and ipsative measures different? Ipsative - each test item is examined independently; Normative - compares test items to one another Ipsative - compares each test item with other test items on the same exam; Normative - every test item is scrutinized independently

Correct answer: Ipsative - compares each test item with other test items on the same exam; Normative - every test item is scrutinized independently

What is standard deviation? A standard sampling A measure of variability A new set of raw data A measure of rate of occurrence

Correct answer: Measure of variability

Score distributions from a recent test show that the mean is 100, the median is 120, and the mode is 140. This distribution is: Negatively skewed Statistically significant Positively skewed Normal

Correct answer: Negatively skewed

The correlation between a predictor and a criterion is increased from .40 to .80. This means that the amount of variability in the predictor accounted for by the criterion has been: Quartered Quadrupled Doubled Halved

Correct answer: Quadrupled

A test has a reliability coefficient of .50 and a validity coefficient of .85. This would certainly indicate that: Something has gone wrong in calculating these results Insufficient incremental validity renders the test invalid Test-retest procedures are in order Error variance is approximately 15 percent

Correct answer: Something has gone wrong in calculating these results

"Base rate" means: The rate at which individuals of varying qualifications apply for a particular job The rate at which qualified individuals apply for a particular job The percentage of individuals in a sample population with the abilities to perform a task The percentage of individuals available in the work force in a particular geographical area

Correct answer: The percentage of individuals in a sample population with the abilities to perform a task

A student who has never gotten above a D on a test scores 95 percent on a solid, validated, standard aptitude test. What does this most likely indicate? The student's mastery is in one specific domain The student has found a way around the test's internal validity safeguards Scores contributing to the standardization sample are too low The test in fact has little validity

Correct answer: The student's mastery is in one specific domain

Predictive validity is differentiated from concurrent validity in the: Distribution of criterion data Timing of the gathering of criterion data Clustering of criterion data Reliability of the collection of criterion data

Correct answer: Timing of the gathering of criterion data

Which type of test question would be best to use if you are concerned with reliability? True-false Multiple-choice Matching Fill-in-the-blank

Correct answer: True-false

You are seeing an intellectually challenged client. Which test instrument would you probably select? Vineland Stanford-Binet Raven Columbia

Correct answer: Vineland

What assessment would probably combine interest, behavioral, personality, and academic factors? Intellectual assessment Aptitude assessment Social assessment Vocational assessment

Correct answer: Vocational assessment

What will a scatter diagram around a regression line reveal? Where the majority of scores for one of the variables lie Where the variables are located on an X,Y coordinate The correlation between the criterion and predictor variables Where most of scores on both variables rest

Correct answer: Where most of scores on both variables rest

If you designed a test that measures military leadership, and you want to explore other constructs responsible for military leadership, you would probably use which technique? Pearson Product Moment Correlation Z scores Multi-trait Factor analysis

Factor analysis

The best items to select for a test are the ones that: Have five item difficulty Have low item difficulty Have high item difficulty Have high item total correlation

High item correlation

_____________ reports the distance between roller skaters as they cross the finish line. Ordinal Ratio Nominal Interval

Intreval

Sterling is twice as smart as Sally. What measurement scale would we need to use to be able say this? Normal distribution Ordinal Invidious reference Ratio

Ratio

Which would lower the standard error of the mean? The sample is randomly selected The size of the sample is large Negatively skewed distribution The sample size is small

Size of sample is large

The relationship between the variance and standard deviation is: A.Standard deviation is the sum of the mean and median of the variance. B. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance.

The relationship between the variance and standard deviation is: Your answer: The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Correct answer: The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Explanation: Variance and standard deviation are both measures of spread. In other words, they measure how far each data point is from the mean. The greater the variance, the larger the range of data. The standard deviation measures the same thing as the variance, but using the original unit of measure (whereas variance is the original unit squared).