Introduction to Understanding statistical Reliability and Validity MCQs

Introduction to Understanding statistical Reliability and Validity MCQs

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1: How often are the observed score and the TRUE scores the same?

A.   Rarely

B.   Sometimes

C.   Often

D.   Never

2: Rater-to-rater consistency is a(n) ______ reliability.

A.   Interrater

B.   Internal

C.   Multiple-form

D.   Concurrent

3: A test cannot be ______ if it is not ______.

A.   Valid; reliable

B.   Reliable; valid

C.   Normal; valid

D.   Valid; skewed

4: Reliability means that the measure is ______ in measuring the construct, whereas validity means that the measure is ______ in measuring the construct.

A.   Consistent; accurate

B.   Variable, accurate

C.   Accurate; consistent

D.   Valid; reliable

5: The two types of criterion validity are:

A.   Concurrent and predictive

B.   Present and future

C.   Current and future

D.   Past and future

6: How does one know that the test, scale, and form of measurement actually measure what it is supposed to?

A.   Validity

B.   Reliability

C.   Both validity and reliability

D.   Neither validity nor reliability

7: The most difficult source of validity to establish is ______.

A.   Content

B.   Construct

C.   Criterion

D.   Constant

8: The following are measures of validity:

A.   Content validity

B.   Criterion validity

C.   Parallel validity

D.   Content validity and criterion validity only

9: ______ are conditions that impact the obtained score rather than the qualities of the trait being measured.

A.   Issues that arise

B.   Sources of error

C.   Noise

D.   Situational errors

10: The coefficient that shows perfect reliability is:

A.   0.5

B.   0.100

C.   1.00

D.   0.95

11: The variable that one uses to determine the outcome is known as ______.

A.   Predictor variable

B.   Treatment variable

C.   Dependent variable

D.   Independent variable

12: If you want to know that a test is measuring a sociological construct, what type of validity would you use?

A.   Construct validity

B.   Content validity

C.   Predictive validity

D.   Concurrent validity

13: The score you actually get on a test is an example of the ______ score, and the TRUE, 100% accurate reflection of what you really know is an example of ______.

A.   Observed; original

B.   Observed; real

C.   True; observed

D.   Observed; true

14: “A measure of how stable a test is over time” is an example of which of the following types of reliability?

A.   Interrator

B.   Parallel

C.   Internal consistency

D.   Test–retest

15: ____ is the outcome variable or the predicted variable in a regression equation.

A.   Independent variable

B.   Dependent variable

C.   Constant variable

D.   Fixed variable

16: The ____ variable that is manipulated or the predictor variable in a regression equation.

A.   Independent variable

B.   Dependent variable

C.   Constant variable

D.   Fixed variable

17: Consistency of a test is called

A.   Ability

B.   Reliability

C.   Valuability

D.   All of these

18: The score that, if it could be observed, would reflect the actual ability or behavior being measured is called

A.   True score

B.   Observed score

C.   Error score

D.   Total score

19: The score that is recorded or observed is called

A.   True score

B.   Observed score

C.   Error score

D.   Total score

20: The part of a test score that is random and contributes to the unreliability of a test is called

A.   True score

B.   Observed score

C.   Error score

D.   Total score

21: A test retest reliability that examines a test’s consistency over time.

A.   True

B.   False

22: A parallel forms reliability that examines consistency across different forms of the same test.

A.   True

B.   False

23: In which reliability that examines whether items on a test measure only one dimension, construct, or area of interest?

A.   Internal consistency

B.   Interrater

C.   External

D.   Constant

24: In which reliability that examines whether observers are consistent with one another?

A.   Internal consistency

B.   Interrater

C.   External

D.   Constant

25: How well a test measures what it says it does is called

A.   Validity

B.   Reliability

C.   Ability

D.   None

26: A type of validity that examines how well a test samples a universe of items is known as

A.   Content based

B.   Criterion based

C.   Concurrent

D.   Predictive

27: How well a test outcome is consistent with a criterion that exists in the present is ____ criterion validity.

A.   Content based

B.   Criterion based

C.   Concurrent

D.   Predictive

28: A type of validity that examines how well a test reflects some criterion that exists in either the present (concurrent) or the future (predictive) is called

A.   Content based

B.   Criterion based

C.   Concurrent

D.   Predictive

29: How consistent a test outcome is with a criterion that occurs in the future is called

A.   Content based

B.   Criterion based

C.   Concurrent based

D.   Predictive based

30: How well a test reflects an underlying idea is called

A.   Content based

B.   Criterion based

C.   Concurrent based

D.   Construct based