Wechsler Test Wechsler Scoring and Normative Data 5

Question 1

A 'confidence interval' reported around an FSIQ reflects what?

Accepted Answer

The range likely to contain the true score given measurement error

Answer

The examinee's effort level

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The number of subtests failed

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The examiner's certainty in the diagnosis

Question 2

Why are Wechsler norms periodically restandardized on new samples?

Accepted Answer

To account for the Flynn effect and population change

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To raise prices

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To shorten the test

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To remove all timed subtests

Question 3

Using outdated Wechsler norms tends to do what to an examinee's apparent IQ?

Accepted Answer

Inflate it

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Lower it

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Leave it unchanged

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Make it unscorable

Question 4

The standard error of measurement (SEM) on the Wechsler is related to which test property?

Accepted Answer

Reliability

Answer

Page count

Answer

Administration order

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Examiner age

Question 5

Wechsler normative samples are designed to be representative of what?

Accepted Answer

The general population stratified by demographics

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Only clinical patients

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Only gifted students

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Only the test publisher's employees

Question 6

When two index scores differ, a 'base rate' tells the examiner what?

Accepted Answer

How common that size of difference is in the normative sample

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How fast the examinee responded

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The examinee's raw score

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The reliability of the FSIQ

Question 7

A scaled score of 1 to 3 on a Wechsler subtest indicates performance that is what?

Accepted Answer

Well below average

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Well above average

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Average

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Exactly at the mean