PSY30400 Midterm: Take Home Points Exam 3 Part 12
Take Home Points Exam 3
Standardization, reliability, validity
• Measures of intelligence must be
o Standardized
▪ Large samples
▪ Representative sample
• Age, ethnicity, sex
▪ Establish normal distribution—normal curve
▪ 68% within 1 standard dev—15 points
o Reliable
▪ Consistent results
▪ Soeoe’s phsial state a affet their sore (ho uh affeie or
sleep they had)
▪ For a test to easure oe’s iate ailit it ust..
• Split-half Reliability:
o Dividing the test into two equal halves and assessing how
consistent the scores are
o Should e the sae (ould’t ork for SAT for eaple –
better in math than reading etc.)
• Test-Retest Reliability: Using the same test on two occasions to
measure consistency.
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