Module+4+Mid+Term+Prep

=Mid Term Prep= Salkind answers O'Leary Answers

Due before Course Chat (2/24)

Download the study guides for each book. As a team, create several test items related to specific topics with appropriate responses. Details are presented in the class wiki site.

As a team, create several test items related to specific topics with appropriate responses. Part of this is to see how you are doing on creating test items. Robyn and I will scan these and pick a few to include in the Mid Term Exam.

Suggestions for questions:
 * 1) Create 1 test item to test conceptual understanding about reliability and validity.
 * 2) Create 3 or 4 test items to test mastery of various terms.
 * 3) Create 1 test item to test application of statistical understanding.
 * 4) If there is a test item that you want to write that is beneficial to assessing concepts included in the first 4 modules, please feel free to do so.

[be sure to number your questions for future reference] Please choose the best answer for the question. The correct answer is indicated with an asterisk. a. Content Validity * b. Criterion Validity c. Construct Validity
 * Team 2 Questions/Responses**
 * Conceptual Understanding**
 * Question 1:** This type of validity is used to determine whether a sample of items to be tested is an accurate representation of the complete universe of items that could be tested. (GM)
 * Response 1:** (Salkind, p. 66 Table 4.1)

a. Content Validity b. Criterion Validity * c. Construct Validity
 * Question 2:** This type of validity is used to determine if scores relate to other measures to prove that a test taker is competent in certain areas. (GM)
 * Response 2:** (Salkind, p. 66 Table 4.1)

a. Content Validity b. Criterion Validity c. Construct Validity *
 * Question 3:** This type of validity is used to determine if a test measures a psychological construct. (GM)
 * Response 3:** (Salkind, p. 66 Table 4.1)

Please fill in the blank(s) with the correct answer. Name the three (3) ways O’Leary suggests to manage the literature: 1. 2. 3.
 * Question 4:**
 * Response 4:** (O'Leary page 44)
 * Answers:** Assess Relevance, Systematically keep track of sources, keep notes

1. 2. 3. 4.
 * Question 5:** List four (4) goals of researching real-world problems?
 * Response** **5:**
 * Answer:** Understanding a problem, Finding workable solutions, Working towards the solution, Evaluating success and/or failure

1. 2. 3.
 * Question 6:** What three qualities comprise a good literature review? (LG)
 * Response 6:** (O'Leary p. 46)
 * Answers:** Inform readers of developments in the field; Establish researcher credibility; Argue the need for, and relevance of, the present study

Validity: concerned with "truth" value; whether conclusions are "correct." Reliability: concerned with internal consistency, whether data/results generated are the same in repeated tests.
 * Question 7:** What are the basic differences between validity and reliability? (LG)
 * Response 7:** (O'Leary p. 74-75)

Question 8: All of the following are levels of measurement **except**: Response 8:(Salkind, pg 27) (LE) A) nominal B) ordinal __C) cardinal__ D) interval E) ratio
 * Definition of Key Terms**

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 * Question 9:** In a class of 25 students, you score in the 76th percentile on a recent science test. How many classmates scored less than you? (SC)
 * Response 9:** (Salkind, p. 84-87)

a) they help find out how ideas are related to one another b) they provide increased flexibility in item design c) they are relatively easy to write d) they emphasize writing skills*
 * Question 10:** All of the following are advantages of using essay tests except: (SC)
 * Response 10:** (Salkind, p. 124)

(answer: 1-d, 2-e, 3-a, 4-b)
 * Question 11:** Column A contains a list of statements about reliability coefficients that can be established to confirm the reliability of test tools. On the line to the left of each of the items in column A, write the letter of the item in Column B that best matches the statement. (SC)
 * Response 11:** (Salkind, p. 42-56)
 * ** A ** || ** B ** ||
 * _1. Examine the percentage of agreement between raters || a) Test-retest reliability ||
 * _2. Correlate each individual item score with the total score || b) Parallel forms reliability ||
 * _3. Correlate the scores from a test given in Time 1 with the same test given in Time 2 || c) Split parallel reliability ||
 * _4. Correlate the scores from one form of the test with scores from a second form of the same test of the same content || d) Interrator reliability ||
 * || e) Internal consistency reliability ||


 * Question 12:** List four methods of data collection. (O'Leary, p 103-126) (LE)
 * Answer 12:** Surveying, Interviewing, Observation, Unobtrusive


 * Question 13:** Why are there no hard or fast rules about the optimum size sample for research? (O'Leary page 86) (LE)
 * Answer 13**: Sample size is highly dependent on the shape and form of the data you wish to collect and the goals of your analysis


 * Question 14:** What is the basic premise of the z score? (Salkind, p. 98) (LG)
 * Response 14:** The z score is used to express a test score position relative to the other test scores in a group.

a. Essay questions increase security because of difficulty to plagiarize b. Essay questions are easy to construct. c. Essay questions enable the instructor to determine how the test taker relates ideas to one another d. Essay questions emphasize writing. *
 * Question 15:** Which of the following is NOT a reason why essay test items are good:
 * Response 15:** (Salkind pp. 124-125( (LG)

a. Scoring can be subjective. b. They allow for lots of items to be used. * c. Limited scope of cognitive skills can be assessed. d. One-answer questions are tough to create.
 * Question 16:** Which of the following is a good reason why short answer test items are good:
 * Response 16:** Salkind, p. 116) (LG)