PSYC37H3 Lecture : PSYC37 TEXTBOOK NOTES.docx
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The baby"s first test conducted immediately after birth is the apgar test to assess hr, respiration, muscle tone, reflex irritability and colour. Psychometrician: specialist in psych or education who develops and evaluates psych tests. Test is a standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing it with categories or scores. Most test have the following features: standardized procedure, behaviour sample, scores or categories, norms or standards and predication of nontest behaviour. Criterion-referenced tests: tests that measure what a person can do rather than comparing results to the performance levels of others. Everyone is assumed to possess the trait being measured, but in different amounts. Norm: a summary of test results for a large and representative group of subjects. Norm group is referred to as the standardization sample. Ultimate purpose of a test is to predict additional behaviours, other than those directly sampled by the test. Norm-referenced test: the performance of each examinee is interpreted in reference to a relevant standardization sample.
