PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Diagnostic Assessment
Instructor: Johnlloyd Nagera, RPm

Name: Date:
Year & Course: AB Psychology II Score:

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct and best answer for each question in the
given blank space before each number.

_____ 1. The collective influence of all of the factors on a test score beyond those specifically measured by the test.
a. Mean b. Standard Deviation c. Error d. Scale
_____ 2. The following are levels of measurement. Which one is considered the lowest level of measurement?
a. Ratio b. Interval c. Ordinal d. Nominal
_____ 3. The following are levels of measurement. Which one has the absolute zero?
a. Ratio b. Interval c. Ordinal d. Nominal
_____ 4. This scale of measurement involves classifications but also allow rank ordering.
a. Nominal b. Ordinal C. Interval d. Ratio
_____ 5. This scale of measurement contains equal intervals between numbers. Which of the following is a good example
of this measurement?
a. Level of happiness c. Time
b. Kelvin d. Gender
_____ 6. Raw score is a straightforward, unmodified accounting of performance that is usually numerical. Which of the
following statements are correct about raw scores?
a. Scores on a midterm exam are raw scores.
b. In isolation, raw scores are still meaningful.
c. Raw scores become meaningful in relation to norms.
d. All of the statements are correct.
_____ 7. All scores are listed alongside the number of times each score occurred. Which option is defined?
a. Raw score b. Distribution c. Frequency d. Frequency distribution
_____ 8. Diagram of chart that describes a graph with vertical lines drawn at the true limits of each test score (or class
interval), forming a series of contiguous rectangles. What is being described?
a. Histogram b. Bar graph c. Frequency polygon d. Scatterplot
_____ 9. What measure indicates the average or midmost score between the extreme scores in a distribution?
a. Variability b. Prediction c. Central Tendency d. None of the above
_____ 10. What measure indicates the degree to which scores are scattered or dispersed in a distribution?
a. Variability b. Prediction c. Central Tendency d. None of the above
_____ 11. It is equal to the sum of observations, divided by the number of observations. What measure of central
tendency is being described?
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Regression
_____ 12. What measure of central tendency describes the most frequently occurring score?
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Regression
_____ 13. The lowest score is subtracted from the highest score. What measure of variability is illustrated?
a. Average deviation b. Range c. Standard deviation d. Variance
_____ 14. It is a measure of variability equal to the square root of the average squared deviations about the mean. What
measure of variability is described?
a. Average deviation b. Standard deviation c. Variance d. Range
_____ 15. Skewness refers to the nature and extent to which symmetry of the distribution is absent. What skewness
describes relatively few of the scores fall at the high end of the distribution?
a. Positive skew b. Negative skew c. Absolute skew d. A and B
_____ 16. What pertains to the steepness of a distribution in its center?
a. Skewness b. Kurtosis c. Normal Curve d. Standard scores

Suppose the following are raw scores of AB Psychology in Psychological Assessment:

80, 85, 83, 83, 83, 86, 87, 89, 78, 79, 79, 84, 84, 85, 84

Solve for the following:

17. Mean

18. Median

19. Mode

20. Range

21. Three of the following statements are characteristics of a normal curve. Which one option is inconsistent with the rest?
a. 50% of scores occur above the mean and 50% of the scores occur below the mean.
b. Approximately 34% of all scores occur between the mean and 1 SD above the mean, another 34% 1 SD below
the mean.
c. Ranges from negative infinity to positive infinity; with perfectly symmetrical curve.
d. The tails of the distribution touches the x-axis.
22. This pertains to the raw score that has been converted from one scale to another scale, the latter scale having some
arbitrarily set mean and standard deviation. What is it?
a. Average scores b. Extreme scores c. Standard scores d. Mean scores

For numbers 23-25, put the correct values in the table below:
Standard Score Mean Standard Deviation
Z score 23. _______ 1
24. _______ 50 10
IQ 25. ______ 15