PSY 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3: Takers, Objective Test, Social Desirability Bias
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The type of questions that the test will contain. Has one response that is designated as "correct" or that provides evidence of a specific construct. Test taker receives credit for choosing only one correct response. *scorer does not need to make any judgment to determine the response. Do not have a single response that is designated as correct. Interpretation of the response is left to the judgment of the scorer. Assumes that the more the test taker responds in a particular fashion, the more the test taker exhibits the attribute being measured. Test taker earns 1 point for every correct answer. Total number of correct answers becomes the raw score on the test. Used to place test takers in a particular group or class. Test taker must display a pattern of responses. For example, in pattern of a clinical diagnosis. Test taker is given 2-4 statements in a forced choice format.
