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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. Does not control - but examines how independent variable affects it






2. How the score are spread out overall






3. Empirical-keying or criterion-keying approach; to determine of subject is like a particular group or not






4. Created to determine whether a person feels responsible for things that happen (internal) or no control over events in life (external)






5. For ranks; determining the line that describes a linear relationship






6. Tell you the average extent to which scores were different from the mean - if average standard deviation is large - then scores were highly dispersed






7. Measure mastery in a particular area (e.g. final exam)






8. Experimenter bias; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






9. Measure arousal of sympathetic nervous system - stimulated by lying and anxiety






10. Knowing a fact






11. When subjects that drop out are different than those that remain; no longer random






12. 34.13% - 13.59% - 2.02% - 0.26% and - +3 99.74% - +2 97.72% - +1 84.13% - 0 50.00% - -1 15.87% - -2 2.28% - -3 0.26%






13. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period






14. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






15. Includes: testable hypothesis - reproducible experiment - operationalized definition (observable and measurable)






16. Neither the subject nor the experimenter know whether the subject is assigned to the treatment or the control group






17. Order - variables need to be arranged by order (not necessarily equally spaced) - ex: maranthon finishers






18. The most frequently occurring value






19. Transformation of a z-score - mean is 50 and the SD is 10 - T=10(Z)+50






20. For children 6-16






21. Tests whether the means on one outcome or dependent variable are significantly different across groups - height or level of anxiety from anxiety scale






22. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






23. (Mental age/chronological age)/100 - Highest age = 16

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24. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






25. How a researcher attempts to examine a hypothesis - different questions call for different approaches - some approaches are more scientific than others






26. Created multitrait-multimethod technique to determine validity of tests






27. Like a histogram except that the vertical bars do not touch - various columns are separated by space






28. There is a general factor in intelligence 'g'






29. Whether content covers a good sample of construct being measured






30. Sorting cards into a normal distribution; each has a different statement on it about personality; to one end is 'least like self' - other is 'most like self' - and middle is neutral; factor analysis to reduce viewpoints into a few factors






31. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






32. Anything that is measured such as height or depression score on a depression scale






33. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






34. The degree to which the result from an experiment can be applied to the population and the real world






35. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






36. How well a test measures a construct; multitrait-multimethod technique determines validity; internal - external: concurrent - construct - content - face






37. Originally used with free association techniques; word called out - subject says next word in mind






38. Draw a person of each sex and tell a story about them






39. Tests the same person at multiple time points and looks at changes within that person






40. Has plotted points connected by lines - used to plot variables that are continuous (categories without clear boundaries)






41. Personality measure for 'normal' / less clinical groups than MMPI - by Harrison Gough






42. Give descriptive names - No order or relationship among the variables other than to separate them into groups - ex: male-female






43. Compares 2 groups of people at the same time point






44. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






45. Step beyond correlations; allows not only identification of relationship between 2 variables - also make predictions






46. Measure how well you know a subject - measure past learning






47. Whether scores on a new measure correlate with other measures known to test the same construct; cross validation process






48. Allows own answer: expression of conflicts - needs - impulses; content interpreted by administrator - some more objective than others; Rorschach Inkblot Test - Thematic Apperception Test - Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration (P-F) Study - Word Association






49. Calculates how off the mean might be in either direction






50. Assess extent interests and strengths match those found by professionals in a particular job field