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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. 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






2. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






3. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






4. Mathematically combines and summarizes overall effects or findings for a topic; best known for consolidating effectiveness of psychotherapy - can calculate overall effect size or conclusion drawn from a collection of studies; needed when conflicting






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Does not control - but examines how independent variable affects it






13. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Personality test from Jung'S theory; 93 questions 2 answers each; 4-letter personality type - each letter 1 of 2 possible opposing characteristics: Introverted vs. Extraverted - Sensing vs. Intuition - Feeling vs. Thinking - and - Judgment vs. Percep






24. Aims to match demographic characteristics to population (i.e. 50% female - etc)






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






26. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Inactive substance or condition disguised as a treatment substance or condition - used to form control group






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Different subjects of different ages are compared - faster - easier






37. 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%






38. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






39. When subject behave differently just because they thing that they have received the treatment substance or condition






40. 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






41. Developed concept of IQ and first intelligence test (Binet Scale)






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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