PSYC 2316 - Chapter 2 Extra Credit Quiz

A test that produces approximately the same results upon being readministered would be described as having a high level of
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A test that produces approximately the same results upon being readministered would be described as having a high level of
A. internal consistency (wrong answer)
B. face validity
C. test retest coefficient
D. internal validity

C. test retest coefficient
Statistical tests of significance provide a yes or no answer to which question?
A. Is any difference between the participant groups due to chance?
B. Are there any confounding variables in the research?
C. Does the treatment cause changes in behavior?
D. Is there a correlation between variable X and variable Y?

A. Is any difference between the participant groups due to chance?
In experimental research, the _____ variable is sometimes referred to as a treatment variable.
A. extraneous
B. confounding
C. independent
D. dependent

C. independent
If the difference in a measured behavior is so small between experimental groups that it could be caused by a chance fluctuation, then we would say that the result
A. established a cause-and-effect relationship
B. failed to reach statistical significance
C. was reliable between groups.
D. reached statistical significance

B. failed to reach statistical significance
A test maker conducts the appropriate statistical tests to make sure that all the items on his new personality test are measuring the same basic concept. He or she wants to demonstrate that the test has good
A. congruent validity
B. test-retest reliability
C. discriminant validity
D. internal consistency

D. internal consistency
A test that produces approximately the same results upon being readministered would be described as having a high level of _______.
A. internal consistency
B. internal validity
C. test retest coefficient
D. face validity
A reliable test
A. measures many different concepts
B. measures what it measures consistently
C. has good validity
D. measures what is was designed to measure.

B. measures what it measures consistently
When scores from a test correlate with other measures of the same construct, researchers can determine the test's
A. discriminant validity
B. face validity
C. construct validity
D. congruent validity
A test maker wants to make sure his or her new measure of social anxiety appears to be measuring the construct. The test maker is interested in ________.
A. face validity
B. congruent validity
C. behavioral validation
D. discriminant validity

A. face validity
A test is said to have good validity of there is good evidence that _______.
A. the test measures what is was designed to measure.
B. is has been used previously by many different researchers.
C. all the test items are measuring the same thing.
D. test scores are relatively stable over time.

A. the test measures what is was designed to measure.