Author Question: Evadne, a teacher at an elementary school is completing a rating scale for one her students. The ... (Read 123 times)

saraeharris · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Evadne, a teacher at an elementary school is completing a rating scale for one her students. The teacher has often complained about the student to the school counselor, leaving a bad impression about the student on the school counselor.

Which of the following rating scale errors is most likely to occur?
a. severity
b. negative halo
c. social desirability
d. response deviance

Question 2

While selecting a test to use in his private practice, Kent discovered that a particular test was not very consistent or stable over time. In other words, a test-taker's score varied each time he or she took it. Kent can most likely infer that:

a. the test is biased
b. the test has a poor evidence of validity
c. the test makers did not use an appropriate norming sample
d. the test has poor evidence of reliability