Question :
91. An IQ score of 100 or less the latest version : 1201973
91. An IQ score of 100 or less on the latest version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) is achieved by about _____ percent of the test takers in any particular age group.
A. 35
B. 50
C. 75
D. 95
92. Doogie is a ten-year-old who has the mental age of an eight-year-old. According to the latest techniques for calculating IQ, what is Doogie’s IQ?
A. 80; he has a below average IQ
B. 100; he has an average IQ
C. 125; he has an above average IQ
D. Cannot be determined from the information given
93. Researchers are in the process of developing a new college entrance exam. They want to ensure that wherever the test is given, it will be administered, scored, and interpreted in the same manner. In other words, the researchers are concerned with
A. standardization.
B. reliability.
C. quantification.
D. validity.
94. Janet discovers that her friend from another high school took the same college entrance exam that she did. To her surprise, the exam instructions, conditions, and procedures were exactly the same in both schools. This means that Janet’s exam was
A. objective.
B. reliable.
C. valid.
D. standardized.
95. Alexandria wants to use a personality test as part of her honors thesis. She knows that existing tests provide many benefits, such as having established norms. A norm is important because it is a
A. statistical tool used to calculate the standard deviation.
B. measure of central tendency.
C. measure of the frequency of a particular score.
D. standard for test objectiveness.
96. John weighs himself at the pool before and after every swim practice. The pool scale indicates the same weight each time. The scale can be said to have
A. a low correlation coefficient.
B. high reliability.
C. low validity.
D. standardized norms.
97. We have conducted the same experiment fifteen times, and each time we obtain the same results. We can conclude that our data are probably
A. archival.
B. biased.
C. valid.
D. reliable.
98. Smedley has a theory that intelligence is related to body temperature. He uses an oral thermometer to measure intelligence. His data most likely have
A. poor reliability and poor validity.
B. good reliability and good validity.
C. poor reliability but good validity.
D. good reliability but poor validity.
99. Dr. Quack creates a new personality test and administers it to a group of participants. He then gathers information about each participant’s personality through interviews and observations. If there is a low correlation between the test scores and the other personality measures, then Dr. Quack’s test most likely lacks
A. statistical validity.
B. statistical reliability.
C. standardization.
D. culture-free content.
100. Nowhere State University depends primarily on shoe size, rather than the SAT, for admissions purposes. Their dropout rate is rather high. Shoe size is probably not an effective predictor of success in college because it lacks
A. statistical reliability.
B. statistical validity.
C. standardization.
D. cultural relevance.
