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| Norms | standards for achievement on tests |
| standardization sample | group of individuals used to establish a test's norms |
| reliability | consistency, or repeatability of test scores |
| validity | correspondence between a test score and the characteristic the test is supposed to measure |
| normal distribution | bell-shaped distribution of scores, divided at the mean into two equal halves |
| psychometrics | scientific approach to measurement of psychological characcteristics |
| standardization test | set of tasks administered under controlled conditions |
| test-retest reliability | correspondence between two administrations of the same ttest to the same people |
| split-half reliability | correspondence between two halves of the same test |
| equivalent-form reliability | correspondence between two alternate versions of a test |
| criterion-related validity | correspondence between a test score and some independent measure of the characteristic it is designed to test |
| predictive validity | validity measure in which a test score is associated with future performance in the area of interest |
| concurrent validity | a test score is associate with current performance in the area of interest |
| content-related validity | correspondence between a test and the full range of material it is designed to test |
| face validity | superficial relationship between test items and the tested characteristic |
| construct validity | the main one!!! the correspondence between a test and the tested characteristic or trait |
| intelligence | capacity to acquire and use knowledge |
| primary mental abilities | 6 or 7 factors that make up intelligence according to Thurstone |
| factoral analysis | many different tasks are given and intercorrelated |
| stanford-binet tests | uses mental age to calculate a IQ |
| deviation IQ | score achieved on an intelligence test, interpreted in terms of the normal distribution's standard deviation |
| Wechsler Test | Uses Deviation IQ |
| aptitude tests | assessments of ability in different areas of functioning- predict whether academic benefit will come through admission to an institution |
| achievement test | evaluation of past learning |
| power tests | assessments of an individual's level of ability or mastery of material |
