Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes -James Mckeen Cattell, Statistical Inference, 16Pf Questionnaire

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Stelian Medianu

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Test: a measurement device or technique used to quantify behabiour or aid in the understanding and prediction of behaviour. Item: specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly: response can be scored or evaluated, specific questions/problems that make up a test. Psychological test: or educational test, is a set of items that are designed to measure characteristics of human beings that pertain to behaviour. Covert behaviour: takes place within an individual. Scales: relate raw scores on test items to some defined theoretical or empirical distribution. Individual tests: tests that can be given to only one person at a time. Group test: can be administered to more than one person at a time by a single examiner (everyone in class is given test at same time) Ability test: contains items that can be stored in terms of speed, accuracy or both: the faster or more accurate your responses, the better your scores on a particular characteristic.