Basic Principles of Measurement
1.
In psychological measurement, a score of 50 is
generally considered as
A. 49.9—50.9
B. 49—51
C. 49.25—50.75
D. 49.5—50.5
Answer: D
2.
Here is a series of scores : 93, 90, 85, 84, . . . , 86, 42, 40. What
is the best size of class intervals?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer: B
3.
What is the best measures of typical performance
to use when there are extreme measures?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard
deviation
Answer: B
4.
What measure of central tendency is affected by
extreme measures?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard
deviation
Answer: A
5.
If the mean is larger than the median, the mode
is:
A. Below
the mean
B. Above
the mean
C. Below
the median
D. Above
the median
Answer: B
6.
When plotting the frequency polygon, which part
of the score class do we use?
A. Lowest
limit
B. Higher
limit
C. Midpoint
D. Entire
class interval
Answer: B
7.
A distribution with the greatest frequency at
and around the middle and few high and low scores is:
A. Platykurtic
B. Mesokurtic
C. Leptokurtic
D. Skewed
Answer: C
8.
A distribution in which the scores are clustered
at either end and shows a curve which is:
A. Normal
B. Bimodal
C. Skewed
D. Mesokurtic
Answer: C
9.
One should interpret the percentile rank of a
given score in the terms of percentage of:
A. Number
of correct responses.
B. Number
of items in the test.
C. Number
of cases in the distribution.
D. Number
of wrong responses.
Answer: C
10.
A distribution that is steep with a narrow range
is called
A. Kutosis
B. Leptokurtic
C. Mesokurtic
D. Platykurtic
Answer: B
11.
The least reliable measure of dispersion is the
:
A. Range
B. Q
C. Mode
D. SD
Answer: D
12.
The measure of variability not influenced by
extreme scores is the
A. Q
B. Range
C. MD
D. SD
Answer: A
13.
The semi-quartile range is a measure of:
A. Probability
B. Reliability
C. Central
tendency
D. Correlation
Answer: A
14.
The measure of score density around the median is
the:
A. Range
B. Mean
deviation
C. Quartile
deviation
D. Standard
deviation
Answer: C
15.
The greatest weakness of the range as a measure
of variability is its:
A. Intricate
computation
B. Ease
of computation
C. Extreme
in stability
D. Difficulty
of interpretation
Answer: B
16.
The root-mean-square deviation is generally
known as:
A. Average
deviation
B. Quartile
deviation
C. Range
D. Standard
deviation
Answer: D
17.
The largest measure of variability from the
central tendency of a distribution is:
A. Average
deviation
B. Quartile
deviation
C. Range
D. Standard
deviation
Answer: D
18.
Which of the following cannot illustrate two
distribution together?
A. Cumulative
frequency curve
B. Cumulative
percentage curve
C. Histogram
D. Scattergram
Answer: C
19.
A distribution characterized by many high scores
and a few very low scores is:
A. Leptokurtic
B. Negatively
skwed
C. Platykurtic
D. Positively
skwed
Answer: A
20.
The range is an expression of :
A. Central
tendency
B. Correlation
C. Concentration
D. Variability
Answer: D
21.
What is the arithmetic mean of these scores :
A. 4
B. 4.3
C. 4.5
D. 4.6
Answer: D
22.
What would be the student’s percentile score if
he got a score of 83, the highest in a groups of 100 students?
A. 100
B. 99
C. 83
D. 75
Answer: B
23.
In a normal distribution, one standard deviation
from the mean is approximately equal to:
A. 25%
B. 34%
C. 50%
D. 75%
Answer: B
24.
In this series of scores ; 5, 7, 10, 4, 5; the
mean is:
A. 5.2
B. 6.1
C. 6.2
D. 6.4
Answer: C
25.
The midscore or median of the following scores:
20, 24, 25, 10, 15, 24, 20; is :
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 24
Answer: B
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