Short Answers
Topic 3: Short Answer Questions

Directions: Provide short answers of 150-200 words each for the following questions/statements. Do not exceed 250 words for your response. Use the textbook and any other scholarly resources to support your responses. Include at least three to four scholarly journal articles beyond the textbook and course readings.

1. What does the term reliability mean in testing and assessment?

2. What does the term validity mean in testing and assessment?

3. Why is it important to have both validity and reliability?

4. In testing and assessment, what is norming?

5. Briefly explain each of the following concepts as they relate to psychological assessments/tests:

a. Standardized testing:

b. Non-standardized testing:

c. Norm-referenced assessments:

d. Criterion-referenced assessments:

e. Group assessments:

f. Individual assessments:

g. Scales of measurement:

h. Measures of central tendency:

i. Indices of variability:

j. Shapes and types of distribution:

k. Correlations:

References: