Exam 3 Study Guide Fall 2024

Preliminary Exam 3 Study Guide
Chapter 7 continued
● Understand the definition of costs and benefits and how they impact utility. Make sure
you can provide examples of:
○ Economic costs and noneconomic costs
○ Economic benefits and noneconomic benefits
● What is the purpose of a utility analysis? What does a utility analysis result in?
● Know the different methods of utility analysis.
● What can influence the size of the job applicant pool?
○ What is the significance of the selection ratio?
● Are false positives seen more often at higher or lower cut scores?
● Know the difference between relative and fixed cut scores.
● Multiple cut scores vs. multiple hurdles, definition and their difference.
● What are the different methods for setting cut scores?
● What is discriminant analysis?
● IRT-based methods of cut scores are associated with a particular level of _____
Chapter 8
● What are the five stages of test development?

● What are the relations between the five stages of making a test?
● What types of questions need to be considered during the ‘conceptualization’ phase?
● Be able to give examples of pilot work and scaling as they pertain to test construction
● When would you want to use selected- vs. constructed-response formats?
● What are some benefits of using computerized adaptive testing?
● How might your motivations for test conceptualization impact the type of scoring you
use?
● Floor vs. ceiling effects and their impact on interpretation.
● Know the different types of scoring and scaling approaches
○ Ipsative scoring
○ Guttman scale
○ Categorical scaling
○ Comparative scaling
○ Cumulative scoring
○ Class scoring
● What qualities separate good items from bad items?
● What is the purpose of the different types of item analyses indices - e.g. difficulty,
reliability, validity, discrimination
● Be able to identify and interpret the α and b parameters of an item characteristic curve.
How do these parameters inform your interpretation?
● How do qualitative methods differ from more quantitative methods?
● When and why would we want to revise a test?
● How can cross-validation and co-validation be used for the purposes of revising a test?
● What are the three applications of IRT in test building/revising?
Chapter 9/10 (note: we are unlikely to complete all of Chapter 9/10 prior to Exam 3)
● Describe interactionism
● What is Wechsler’s definition of intelligence?
● Know the main contributions to intelligence testing by Galton, Binet, Terman, Wechsler,
and Piaget
● What is the Binet-Simon intelligence test? What are its main features?
● What is factor analysis?
● Be familiar with the basic factor-analytic theories of intelligence
○ Charles Spearman’s theory (g and s)
○ Guilford and Thurstone
○ Gardner
○ Horn and Cattell
○ Carroll
● What are the differences between crystallized and fluid intelligence? What is the effect of
aging or injury on each?
● What is the CHC model?
● What are Thorndike’s three clusters of ability?
● How are information-processing theories different from factor-analytic theories of
intelligence?
○ Define simultaneous and successive processing.
○ What is the PASS model?
● Know the commonalities of intelligence testing (e.g., administration, scoring, adaptive
testing, practice items, etc.)
● How do ceiling and floor effects apply to intelligence testing?
● What is a basal level?
● Know the importance of developmental level and age on intelligence testing and
interpretation.
● Who constructed the Stanford-Binet-5 and what theory was it based upon?
● Who constructed the WAIS-IV? What are its main features? How is different/similar to
the Stanford-Binet-5?
● Be familiar with Wechsler’s different tests (WAIS, WISC, etc.) and when would you use
them.
● What is the formula for IQ ratio?
● What is the mean and standard deviation for common intelligence measures for Full
Scale IQ? Know how to make interpretations of a testtaker’s observed score based on
these standard scores.
● What are the cautions and challenges of short forms of intelligence tests?
● What is a common application of group testing?
○ Army Alpha and Army Beta
○ Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
● Describe the Flynn effect.
● What are some ways of reducing culture loading on tests?
● Review the different applications of tests in education and understand these terms:
○ Standardized testing
○ Dynamic testing
○ Achievement test
○ Aptitude testing
● What are the challenges of educational testing with young children?
○ What alternative testing techniques can be employed to ameliorate these issues?
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