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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology
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1. Transformation of a z-score - mean is 50 and the SD is 10 - T=10(Z)+50
T-score
Reliability (+types)
Variability
Item analysis (reliability)
2. Organize data by showing it in a meaningful way; do not allow conclusions to be drawn beyond the sample; percentiles - frequency distributions - graphs - measures of central tendency - variability
confounding variable
ordinal variables
Variability
Descriptive statistics (+types)
3. Bell curve; larger the sample - greater chance of having a normal distribution
Charles Spearmen
normal distribution(+characteristic)
Aptitude tests
Null hypothesis
4. Measure how well you know a subject - measure past learning
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory
ratio variables
Achievement tests
Objective tests (+types)
5. Tests whether at least 2 groups co-vary - can adjust for preexisting differences between groups
Donald Campbell and Donald Fiske
cohort-sequential design
Robert Zajonc
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
6. A level of <0.05or <0.01 means that chance that seemingly significant errors are due to random variation rather than to true systematic variance is less than 5% or 1%
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory
Alpha levels
Mean IQ
normal distribution(+characteristic)
7. Revised Binet'S version - used with children - organized by age level - Best known predictor of future academic achievement
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Two-way ANOVA
Projective tests (+types)
Face validity
8. Neither the subject nor the experimenter know whether the subject is assigned to the treatment or the control group
frequency polygon
California Personality Inventory (CPI)
Two-way ANOVA
double-blind experiment
9. How stable measure is; test-retest - split-half
Cross validation
Reliability (+types)
histogram
Standard normal distributions
10. Describe what is seen in each of 10 inkblots; scoring is complex; validity questionable
Illusory correlation
Scientific approach
Discrete data
Rorschach Inkblot Test
11. Have order - equal intervals and a real zero ex: age
mental age
One-way ANOVA
ratio variables
Charles Spearmen
12. Not intelligence tests; measure sensory and motor development of infants to identify mental retardation; poor predictors of later intelligence
Bayley Scales of Infant Development
Linear regression
Crystallized intelligence
One-way ANOVA
13. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u
Linear regression
Hawthorne effect
interval variables
Central Tendency (types and distribution differences)
14. How much variation there is among n number of scores in a distribution
variance and standard deviation
confounding variable
F-scale or F-ratio
Variability
15. Measure arousal of sympathetic nervous system - stimulated by lying and anxiety
Lie detector tests
Z-scores
Walter Mischel
Concurrent validity
16. When subjects that drop out are different than those that remain; no longer random
percentiles
cohort-sequential design
Descriptive statistics (+types)
Selective attrition
17. Originally to determine mental illness - now for personality; more clinical than CPI; 550 T/F/unsure questions (e.g. 'I would like to ride a horse'); discriminates between disorders; high validity because highly discriminatory items and 3 validity sc
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
double-blind experiment
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
range
18. Birth order vs. intelligence; the older - the more intelligent; the more children - the less intelligent; the greater spacing - the more intelligent
Percentages under normal distribution based on SDs (from mean to end)
Q-sort/measure
Crystallized intelligence
Robert Zajonc
19. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it
social desirability
interval variables
Intelligence
Learn the shape of different distributions
20. When subjects act in ways they think experimenter wants or expects
Pearson r correlation coefficient
Demand characteristic
Scientific approach
Internal validity
21. Different subjects of different ages are compared - faster - easier
cohort-sequential design
research design
placebo effect
cross-sectional design
22. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated
Internal validity
Field study
Nonequivalent control group
Factorial analysis of variance
23. Step beyond correlations; allows not only identification of relationship between 2 variables - also make predictions
Objective tests (+types)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R)
Statistical regression
Scientific approach
24. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample
T-test
Alpha levels
random sampling
Chi-square test
25. The degree to which the result from an experiment can be applied to the population and the real world
Null hypothesis
statistically significant
generalizability
Internal-External Locus of Control Scale
26. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale
Statistical regression
Julian Rotter
Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI)
Longitudinal design
27. Normal curve - negatively skewed distribution - positively sknewed distribution - bimodal distribution - platykuric distribution
Chi-square test
Learn the shape of different distributions
Reactance
Rorschach Inkblot Test
28. Notable for cross-cultural application and simple directions - to make the best picture of a man - scored based on detail and accuracy - not artistic talent
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Variability
Two-way ANOVA
Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test
29. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality
Achievement tests
Bayley Scales of Infant Development
nominal variables
F-scale or F-ratio
30. When subjects do and say what they think puts them in a favorable light -ex: reporting they are not racist even if they really are
between subject
social desirability
Null hypothesis
Validity (+types)
31. Draw a person of each sex and tell a story about them
Rosenthal effect
Draw-A-Person Test
ratio variables
Pearson r correlation coefficient
32. Assess extent interests and strengths match those found by professionals in a particular job field
One-way ANOVA
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R)
Domain-referenced tests
Vocational tests
33. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)
research design
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R)
Intelligence
Z-scores
34. Includes: testable hypothesis - reproducible experiment - operationalized definition (observable and measurable)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R)
Rosenthal effect
Scientific approach
standard deviation (calculation)
35. Originally used with free association techniques; word called out - subject says next word in mind
Demand characteristic
Empirical-keying or criterion-keying approach
independent variable
Word Association Test
36. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period
cohort effect
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Intelligence
within subject
37. When subject behave differently just because they thing that they have received the treatment substance or condition
Mean IQ
median
placebo effect
Achievement tests
38. How the score are spread out overall
range
Variability
Face validity
Alfred Binet
39. Might show how often different variables appear; nominal - ordinal - interval - ratio (real zero)
Central Tendency (types and distribution differences)
placebo effect
Frequency distributions (+variables)
Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration (P-F) Study
40. Has plotted points connected by lines - used to plot variables that are continuous (categories without clear boundaries)
frequency polygon
Acquiescence
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Standard normal distributions
41. Personality measure for 'normal' / less clinical groups than MMPI - by Harrison Gough
Test-retest reliability
Nonequivalent control group
California Personality Inventory (CPI)
Factorial analysis of variance
42. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist
Item analysis (reliability)
Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration (P-F) Study
cross-sectional design
Null hypothesis
43. There is a general factor in intelligence 'g'
variance and standard deviation
Word Association Test
Charles Spearmen
Experimental design
44. Revised Binet scale to Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale; also studied gifted children - those with higher IQs better adjusted
Alfred Binet
Lewis Terman
Factorial analysis of variance
Donald Campbell and Donald Fiske
45. Neither purely descriptive nor purely inferential - can only show relationship - not causality - positive and negative correlation
Fluid intelligence
Test-retest reliability
Correlational relationships
mode
46. The age level of a person'S functioning according to the IQ test
Vocational tests
Selective attrition
Percentages under normal distribution based on SDs (from mean to end)
mental age
47. Measured by the same individual taking the same test more than once
cohort effect
Test-retest reliability
Experimental design
Reactance
48. Data that has been counted rather than measured - usually limited to whole or positive values - ex: group size - number of hospital visit - number of symptoms
Discrete data
Percentages under normal distribution based on SDs (from mean to end)
Rorschach Inkblot Test
within subject
49. Most commonly used for adults 16+ - organized by subtests with subscales and identify problem areas; current is WAIS-IV
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
ANOVA/analysis of variance
Population & related
range
50. Empirical-keying or criterion-keying approach; to determine of subject is like a particular group or not
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory
between subject
mode
Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI)