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The construct validity of a test is assesed through ________________.

Your answerChoose one option.

Convergent and Discriminant validity

Concurent and Predictive validity

Convergent and Predictive validity

Discriminant and Predictive validity

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Test developers use reverse coding of certain items in a scale to offset the effects of __________.

Your answerChoose one option.

Social desirability

Acquiesence

Faking

Random responding

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Find out the statements which are related to different types of reliability?

Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.

The same test is administered to the same people at two points in time

Give the test once and have it scored by two scorers or by two methods

Give the test in one administration and then split the test into two halves for scoring

The extent to which people score on a measure are correlated with other variables

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Which of the followings are the projective tests of personality?

Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

16 PF

TAT

WAT

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A process to test reliability that involves creating a large ‘bank’ of items and then dividing it into different versions or creating two tests with items of similar difficulty is called ____________________.

Your answerChoose one option.

alternate and parallel form reliability

measure of test homogeneity

test-retest

inter-rater reliability

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If a person got a score of 75 on a test, which of the following distributions allow(s) for the most favourable interpretation of that score? (assuming higher values are more favourable)

Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.

Mean = 55, Standard Deviation = 4

Mean = 60, Standard Deviation = 3

Mean = 65, Standard Deviation = 5

Mean = 50, Standard Deviation = 10

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