Psychology 2062A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Descriptive Statistics, Standard Deviation, Standard Score

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2062A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

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Volvo effect: because standardized test scores are so highly correlated with parents wealth you might easily look at what car parents drive to determine how likely a given student would be to do well on a standardized test. Standardized tests: published tests that teachers administer and interpret in customary and established ways. Achievement tests: tests intended to measure what students have learned in school as a result of instruction, based on what students are expected to learn. Aptitude test: an examination of an individuals mental ability intended to predict how a person might perform in an educational setting. Computer adaptive assessment: test administered by a computer instead of the more common paper-and-pencil approach, 0. 90-0. 97 reliability. Norming group: a large random, nationally representative collection of scores on a norm referenced test; the norming group is the benchmark that student scores are compared to on the test.