Match the Definition with the Term

question 33

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the term.
-determinants

• A)an empirical,objective,statistical approach to psychological test construction in which an item is included on a clinical scale only if test takers with that diagnosis responded to that item differently than did other groups
• B)features of inkblot stimuli,such as color,form,shading,texture,or movement,that patients used to formulate their responses
• C)the largely relational factors shared by almost all types of therapy that might account for a large proportion of therapeutic change
• D)the practice of examining patterns of scale scores on the MMPI,rather than individual scores in isolation,to generate diagnostic recommendations

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be arbitrarily assigned in a statistical calculation, often reflecting the number of values that are free to vary.

Independent Variable

In statistical analysis, a variable presumed to cause or influence the dependent variable without itself being affected by any other variables of interest.

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to determine if at least one of the sample means significantly differs from the others.

SST

Total Sum of Squares, a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variation within a set of observations.