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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. For children 6-16






4. 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






5. Neither purely descriptive nor purely inferential - can only show relationship - not causality - positive and negative correlation






6. I when incorrectly reject null - thought significant but chance; II when incorrectly accept null - thought chance but significant






7. 31 cards (1 blank and 30 pictures) with interpersonal scenes (2 people facing each other); subject tells story about each which reveals aspects of personality; often measure need for achievement; interpreting terms include needs - press - personology






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






9. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






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






11. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






12. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






14. 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






15. Interest in the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable - often manipulated by applying it in experimental or treatment condition and withholding it from control condition






16. Might show how often different variables appear; nominal - ordinal - interval - ratio (real zero)






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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%






22. Process in testing concurrent validity






23. Revised Binet'S version - used with children - organized by age level - Best known predictor of future academic achievement






24. Comparing an individual'S performance on 2 halves of the same test to reveal internal consistency; internal consistency can be increased by item analysis






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






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






27. 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






28. Rosenthal effect; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






29. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)






30. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






33. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






35. Knowing a fact






36. Takes place in controlled setting must be able to control for: independent variable - dependent variable - and confounding variable






37. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Tests whether at least 2 groups co-vary - can adjust for preexisting differences between groups






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






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






49. Frequency polygon (continuous variables) - histogram/ bar graph (discrete)






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