Overview
Tests and measures serve different purposes. The underlying purpose of the measure influences the decisions test developers make about how to score the instrument. For example, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test is intended to measure a respondent’s preferences according to four personality dichotomies: introverted or extraverted, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving. Therefore, an ipsative approach to interpretation is used, which focuses on the relative amount of personality traits within each respondent. Other tests may use norm-referenced or criterion-referenced interpretive approaches. It is important to be able to articulate the similarities and differences among different interpretative approaches, which will help you determine how and when each should be used.
For this Assignment, you will compare norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and ipsative interpretative approaches.
Submit a paper (not including references) that includes the following:
- A comparison (including similarities and differences) of norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and ipsative approaches to interpret scores from psychological measures.
- An explanation of at least one insight you had or conclusion you drew about approaches for interpreting psychological measures based on your comparison.
A quality submission will
- Define and explain each of the three approaches
- Provide comparisons among the approaches based on how they are defined or explained
- Comparisons should focus on similarities and differences
- Provide an insight about what you have learned and explain why