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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






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






5. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






6. Not intelligence tests; measure sensory and motor development of infants to identify mental retardation; poor predictors of later intelligence






7. Consist of vertical bars in which the sides of the vertical bars touch - useful for discrete variables that have clear boundaries - interval variables in which there is some order






8. Attempts to eliminate/minimize these - variables in the environment that might also effect the dependent variable and blue the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable






9. When people agree with opposing statements; giving tacit agreement






10. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






11. 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






12. When relationship inferred when there is none - ex: many people think there is a relationship between physical and personality characteristics - when evidence show there is none






13. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






14. When subjects act in ways they think experimenter wants or expects






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






16. How stable measure is; test-retest - split-half






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






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






19. Naturalistic setting - less control over environment than in lab; generates more hypotheses than able to prove






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






21. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






25. Similar to T-test - but can measure more than 2 groups






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






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






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






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






30. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






31. compares means of 2 different groups to see if the two groups are truly different - analyze differences between means on continuous data - particularly useful with small n - cannot test for difference between more than 2 groups






32. Birth order vs. intelligence; the older - the more intelligent; the more children - the less intelligent; the greater spacing - the more intelligent






33. The most frequently occurring value






34. Capable of showing order and pacing because equal spaces lie between the values - do not include real zero - ex: temperature






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






36. Bell curve; larger the sample - greater chance of having a normal distribution






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






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






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






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






41. Used when an experiment involves more than one independent variable - can separate the effects of different levels of different variables - can isolate main effects - can identify interaction effects - ex: studying effect of brain lesion on problem s






42. Attitude change in response to feeling that options are limited; e.g. dislike experiment and intentionally behaving unnaturally - or being set on a certain flavour of ice cream as soon as told it is sold out






43. Numerically calculating and expressing correlation - r range -1 to +1 - 0 = no relationship






44. Process in testing concurrent validity






45. How much variation there is among n number of scores in a distribution






46. 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






47. The age level of a person'S functioning according to the IQ test






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






49. Measures the extent to which items in a measure 'hang together' and test the same thing






50. Revised Binet scale to Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale; also studied gifted children - those with higher IQs better adjusted







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