Clinical assessment methods and diagnostic concepts tested on the National Counselor Examination.
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- What is reliability in assessment?
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Consistency and dependability of test scores across time or different testers
- What is validity in assessment?
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Degree to which a test measures what it claims to measure
- What is standardization in testing?
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Administering tests under uniform conditions with consistent procedures and scoring
- What is the purpose of a norm-referenced test?
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Compare an individual's performance to a standard group's performance
- What is the purpose of a criterion-referenced test?
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Measure performance against a fixed standard or specific criterion
- What does concurrent validity measure?
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Correlation between a new test and an existing, established test administered at the same time
- What does predictive validity measure?
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Ability of a test to predict future performance or outcomes
- What does content validity measure?
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Degree to which test items represent all important aspects of the construct being measured
- What does construct validity measure?
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Degree to which a test measures the theoretical construct it claims to measure
- What is the DSM-5?
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, used to diagnose mental health conditions
- What is standard error of measurement?
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Estimate of how much an individual's observed score varies from their true score
- What is a percentile rank?
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Percentage of scores in a distribution that fall below a given score
- What is a z-score?
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Standardized score showing how many standard deviations a score is from the mean
- What is a T-score?
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Standardized score with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10
- What is inter-rater reliability?
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Degree of agreement between two or more raters or observers