Creating standards for psychological tests

Cristian Opariuc-Dan ()
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Cristian Opariuc-Dan: Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences

BlackSea Journal of Psychology, 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 101-109

Abstract: Many psychologists believe that achieving a benchmark actually means adapting a psychological test to the specifics of a population. Nothing more false. Calibration is the last step in the process of adapting an instrument or building a new sample and has nothing to do with the other psychometric qualities of a test. A standard is a system of rules by which we can compare the results of a subject (individual case) with the results obtained by a representative group of subjects. A standard is therefore a unit of measurement, which is used in the same way as we use any measuring device. When we measure a person's weight, we have the value of this variable, obtained by using a scale. But the significance of this value depends on the reference system to which we refer. If a person weighs 100 kilograms and relates to obese people weighing over 120 kilograms, then that person will be thin. If, however, we compare the same individual with people weighing 70-80 kilograms, we can consider him a "heavy" person.

Keywords: standards; psychological tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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