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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. For children 4-6






2. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






5. The most frequently occurring value






6. If it is significant - same finding can be generalized to the population - use test of significant to reject null hypothesis






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






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






10. For even number of values in the set - take the average of the two middle value






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






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






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






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






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






16. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






17. Not to diagnose depression but assess severity of depressive symptoms; used by researcher or clinician to track course of depressive symptoms






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






19. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






22. Knowing how to do something






23. Knowing a fact






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






25. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Mean of Americans is standardized to 100 - with SD 15 or 16 depending on test; correlates most with IQ of biological parents and socioeconomic status






32. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






35. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Critical of personality trait-theory and personality tests; felt situations (not traits) decide actions






41. Not simple and linear - looks like a curved line - ex: arousal and perfomance - high A --> low P - Low A --> low P - medium A --> high P






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






43. The approach to construct assessment instruments - involves selection of items that can discriminate between various groups; responses determine if he is like a particular group or not; e.g. Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory






44. 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%






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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