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KINE 4300 TEST #1 Review
Multiple Choice:
5. A distribution that has many more high scores than
1. What is the simplest measure of variability to
calculate?
a) range
low scores is
a) normal
b) average deviation
b) rectangular
c) quartile deviation
c) positively skewed
d) standard deviation
d) negatively skewed
6. Categorical measurement is
2. With a mean of 27.1 and standard deviation of 3.9
the T scores for the raw scores 26 and 32 are:
a) 36 and 65
a) nominal
b) ordinal
b) 42 and 59
c) interval
c) 46 and 61
d) ratio
d) 47 and 63
7. How can a standard z score be changed to a T
score?
a) multiply by 1 and add 100
e) 49 and 60
3. Which of the following tests will carry the greatest
weight if you simply add the total of the number of
correct times (items, mean, standard deviation)?
a) 200, 140, 10
b) multiply by 10 and add 50
c) multiply by 16.67 and add 50
d) multiply by 14.29 and add 50
b) 200, 130, 20
8. Which of the following represents the nominal scale of
c) 200, 150, 30
measurement?
a) gender
d) 200, 120, 40
b) race
4. A distribution around a given mean and standard
deviation that is mesokurtic with no skewness is
said to be
a) normal
c) religion
d) all of the above
b) rectangular
c) positively skewed
d) negatively skewed
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9. What is the T score associated with the 97.5th
14. A pupil obtains a raw score of 82 on a test with a mean
percentile?
a) 60
of 100 and a standard deviation of 12. What is the
corresponding T score?
a) 28
b) 65
b) 35
c) 70
c) 38
d) 75
d) 62
e) 80
15. Ranking scores on a test from highest to lowest makes it
10. Kelly's T score was 60. What is her z score?
easier to find which of the following measures?
a) mean and median
a) 0.5
b) 1.0
b) mean and mode
c) 2.0
c) median and mode
d) need more information
d) mean, median, and mode
e) none of the above
16. Given that the mean is 60, the standard deviation is 10,
the variance is 100 and 121 people took the test which
person is most likely to have failed the test?
a) Raili, who had a z score of -1.8
11. What is the mean of a T score?
a) 100
b) 50
b) Shane, who had a T score of 48
c) 10
c) Cory, whose raw score was 46
d) 0
17. What is the mean of a z score distribution?
a) 0
12. Which pair of scores represents the same level of
measurement?
a) football jersey numbers and height
b) 1
c) 10
b) eye color and distance
d) 50
c) height and eye color
18. The ultimate goal of evaluation is to
d) distance and height
a) assign grades to students
13. Which of the following does NOT belong with the other
b) profile students' weaknesses
two?
a) T score = 70
c) make intelligent decisions
b) z score = 2.0
d) motivate students
c) percentile = 95
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19. Why are standard scores so important?
23. A researcher would likely be most interested in which
a) They are related to the normal curve.
purpose of measurement?
a) placement
b) Grades can be based on them.
b) prediction
c) They permit scores to be compared more
appropriately.
c) motivation
d) They are easier to interpret than percentiles.
d) achievement
e) They reduce the variability in a distribution to 1
(for z scores) and 10 (for T scores).
24. The major difference between formative and summative
evaluation is
a) the time at which the measures are taken
20. For a 100-point test, the cutoff for an F is 60 points. With
a mean of 70 and standard deviation of 10, how many
students out of 100 would receive an F?
a) less than 1
b) how long it takes to gather the information
c) the type of information gathered
b) 8
d) the use of the information
c) 15
25. Norm-referenced comparisons involve comparisons
between
a) norms
d) more than 20
21. Which is an example of an evaluation?
b) groups
a) measuring James's long jump
c) people
b) reporting group data to the school board
d) fitness levels
c) giving a treadmill test instead of a 1.5 mi run
test
26. With which type of measurement would you most likely
encounter the word minimum?
a) evaluation
d) recommending that Lucy do more sit-ups
e) using a specific tool to assess a particular skill
or ability
b) formative
c) summative
22. Which of the following is not an operating system?
a) DOS
d) norm-referenced
b) PRO-DOS
e) criterion-referenced
c) Macintosh system
27. Which of the following is not a computer peripheral?
a) operating system
d) Windows
b) modem
e) ROM
c) printer
d) disk drive
e) monitor
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28. The purpose of testing is to
a) provide the teacher with information
33. For which domain has a taxonomy been developed?
a) affective
b) assign grades
b) cognitive
c) research specific questions
c) psychomotor
d) all of the above
d) two of the above
29. Which objective of physical education is the most difficult
to measure?
a) fitness
e) three of the above
34. What happens to the mean and the standard deviation
of a set of scores if each score is increased by 10?
a) The mean and the standard deviation change.
b) mental
c) motor
b) The mean and the standard deviation stay the
same.
d) social
c) The standard deviation changes and the mean
stays the same.
30. What domain includes human traits such as feelings or
emotions?
a) affective
d) The mean changes and the standard deviation
stays the same.
b) cognitive
35. Which of the following contains an absolute zero point?
a) nominal
c) motor
d) mental
b) ordinal
31. Giving feedback throughout a gymnastics unit is what
type of evaluation?
a) continuous
c) interval
d) ratio
b) norm-referenced
36. The most stable measure of central tendency with
interval data is the _______________.
a) mean
c) summative
d) formative
b) median
32. Which of the following represents a criterion-referenced
measurement?
a) The top ten students receive A's.
c) average
d) mode
b) Everyone scoring over 75 passes.
37. The standard deviation is an indication of
a) the average number of test scores that vary
from the mean
c) The middle 40% are given C's.
d) The bottom three scores are considered failing.
b) the variability of a set of test scores around the
mean
c) the difference in test scores between groups of
subjects
d) the amount the test scores differ from each
other
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38. What is the difference between a floppy disk and a hard
disk?
a) space available for storing data
43. A correlation of .8 should be considered
a) a high correlation
b) a low correlation
b) portability
c) to indicate a cause-and-effect relationship
c) the menu bar
d) to indicate that two variables have a shared
variance of 80%
d) two of the above
e) three of the above
44. Between what limits can the Pearson product-moment
coefficient of correlation vary?
a) 0 and + 1.0
39. Which of the following is used to communicate from one
computer to another?
a) RAM
b) -1.0 and + 1.0
b) ROM
c) -2.0 and + 2.0
c) modem
d) none of the above
d) operating system
45. If a negative relationship exists between two physical
measures
a) the relationship is quite small
40. Reaction-time tests are what level of measurement?
a) nominal
b) the relationship does not always exist
b) ordinal
c) the two physical measures are unrelated
c) interval
d) the value of one measure decreases as the
value of the other measure decreases
d) ratio
41. If two variables have a correlation coefficient of .85, it
can be inferred that
a) causality exists
e) the value of one measure increases as the
value of the other measure decreases
Define the following:
b) a relationship exists
46. Standard Score --
c) both causality and a relationship exist
47. Test --
d) none of the above
48. Measure--
42. To make a statement such as, 8 units is twice as much
as 4 units, what level of measurement is required?
a) nominal
49. Summative evaluation-50. Ordinal scale--
b) ordinal
c) interval
51. Variance --
d) ratio
52. Negatively skewed -53. Platykurtic--
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Short Answers:
54. What factors do you need to know to compute a
standard deviation?
57. Explain the differences between observed, error and
true scores.
55. List and describe in order, the four scales of
measurement.
58. Explain the difference between norm-referenced and
criterion referenced scores.
56. List and describe the three measures of central
tendency.
Essay/Graphs/Long answers:
59. What is the mean, median, mode and standard deviations of the following scores. What are the zscores for score1?
Student
Score 1
A
20
B
40
C
30
D
50
E
40
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