PSYC37H3 Chapter 1: C37 Week 02 Reading Notes
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Standardized tests tend to disadvantage women and ethnic minorities. Test: a measurement device or technique used to quantify behaviour or aid in the understanding and prediction of behaviour. A test measures only a sample of behaviour, and error is always associated with a sampling process. Test scores aren"t perf measures of a behaviour or characteristic, but they do add sig to the prediction process. Item: a specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly: this response can be scored or evaluated, specific questions or problems that make up a test. Bc psych and edu tests are made up of items, the data they produce are explicit and subject to scientific inquiry. Psychological test: a set of items that are designed to measure characteristics of human beings that pertain to behaviour. Some psych tests try to measure the extent to which someone might emit a particular overt behaviour.
