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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Different subjects of different ages are compared - faster - easier






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






3. Overall range or spread - most basic measure of variability - subtracts the lowest value from the highest value in a data set






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






5. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






6. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






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






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






11. Knowing how to do something






12. Cartoons in which one person is frustrating another; asked to describe how the frustrated person responds






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






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






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






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






17. Studying the same objects at different points in the lifespan and provides better - more valid results than most other methods - costly - time commitment






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






23. Used most commonly on standardized test






24. Attempt to measure less-defined properties (e.g. intelligence) - check for reliability and validity






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






26. Fluid intelligence declines with old age while crystallized intelligence does not






27. 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






28. Measure the extent to which test measures what it intends to; concurrent - construct - content - face






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






30. 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






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






32. Analyses how a large group responded to each item on the measure; weeds out problematic questions with low discriminatory value; increases internal consistency






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Measure innate ability to learn (debatable) - to predict later performance






40. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






43. Compares 2 groups of people like an experiment - but this is used when it is not feasible or ethical to use random assignment ex: smoker vs. cancer






44. Tests the effects of two independent variables or treatment conditions at once






45. 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






46. Intelligence in relation to performance; pioneered development of psychometrics - 'no intelligence is culture-free'






47. Measured by the same individual taking the same test more than once






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






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






50. The degree to which an independent variable can predict a dependent variable