DUE DATEThis assignment is due on Monday, Day 7 of Week 3.OVERVIEWThis is an assignment to give you experience applying the knowledge of reliability and validity that you obtained in Week 2 in real-life scenarios. RESOURCESThere is no limitation on the resources you may use in answering the questions below. It is not necessary to include citations in the text or a References list at the end. Dr. Tom?s Cookbook should be useful for this assignment.SPECIFICATIONSDOCUMENT TYPE REQUIRED: Insert your answers after the questions below.LENGTH: No minimum length. Each response should not exceed 7 lines of 12-point Times New Roman text.FORMAT REQUIREMENTS:* APA format is not required* Use 12-point Times New Roman font* In-text citations and a References page are not requiredSCORINGThe 18 answers below are weighted equally. The score for each answer will be based 70% upon content and 30% upon writing mechanics and clarity of expression.Insert your answers into the spaces below each question using 12-point Times New Roman font. I will grade only the first 7 lines of each response.Scenario 1: A high school is planning a final exam to be used at the end of all its Algebra II classes. The purpose of the test is to evaluate how well the students have learned the topics on the syllabus for Algebra II. They will administer the exam for the first time on the last day of Fall semester, in December,. At that time about 90 students will take this exam. The principal has requested that the exam scores, plus reliability and validity results, be available for the School Board meeting in the first week of January.Reliability: 1a. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using alternate-forms reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new final exam. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)1b. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using split-half reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new final exam. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)1c. Which of those two reliability methods would you recommend to the principal? Why? (7 lines or less)Validity:1d. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using content validity as the only measure of validity for this new final exam. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)1e. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using predictive validity as the only measure of validity for this new final exam. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)1f. Which of those two validity methods would you recommend to the principal? Why? (7 lines or less)Scenario 2: A large testing company is creating a standardized test of Computer Programming Using JavaScript. (JavaScript is a programming language.) The purpose of the test is to measure an individual?s skill with the JavaScript language. The test will be sold to employers as a tool for predicting software engineers? job performance. A software company is helping with the development of the test; they have offered to allow the testing company try out the test on their current staff of software engineers, and will allow the testing company to access data on those software engineers? recent performance ratings. The testing company wants to begin the pilot test on May 1 and have the tryout completed by September 1.Reliability: 2a. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using test-retest reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new employment test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less) 2b. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using internal consistency reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new employment test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)2c. Which of those two reliability methods would you recommend to the testing company? Why? (7 lines or less)Validity:2d. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using face validity as the only measure of validity for this new employment test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less) 2e. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using concurrent validity as the only measure of validity for this new employment test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)2f. Which of those two validity methods would you recommend to the testing company? Why? (7 lines or less)Scenario 3: Two Forensic Psychology professors are developing a personality test to be given to individuals incarcerated for non-violent crimes. The purpose of the test is to predict whether the test taker will be re-arrested for committing new crimes after they have been released from prison. A local prison has agreed to let them administer the test to current prisoners who are serving sentences for non-violent crimes, but the professors must do all testing in a single visit to the prison. The professors would like to be able to publish the results within 18 months.Reliability: 3a. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using test-retest reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)3b. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using internal consistency reliability as the only measure of reliability for this new test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)3c. Which of those two reliability methods would you recommend to the professors? Why? (7 lines or less)Validity:3d. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of correlating the test scores with scores on a different test that has been shown to successfully predict recidivism (this would be a form of construct validity) as the only measure of validity for this new test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)3e. Discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of using predictive validity as the only measure of validity for this new test. Give an answer that applies to this situation, not a textbook answer. (7 lines or less)3f. Which of those two validity methods would you recommend to the professors? Why? (7 lines or less)
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