A Group of Clinical Psychologists Is Constructing an Objective Personality

question 32

Multiple Choice

A group of clinical psychologists is constructing an objective personality test.They find that people with panic disorder tend to agree with the statement "I like brown shoes better than white shoes" significantly more often than people without panic disorder.They decide to include this item on their test,even though it makes little theoretical sense.These clinical psychologists are apparently using the __________ strategy of test construction.

• A) factor analytic
• B) construct validation
• C) content validation
• D) empirical criterion keying

Understand the limitations and capabilities of norm group comparison tests.

Calculate and interpret the interquartile range for a given dataset.

Identify the best method for determining percentile ranks among scores.

Analyze the skewness of distributions and accurately determine the relationships between mean, median, and mode in skewed distributions.

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