Bang!Zoom! Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Okay, say you are interested in __x___ test for whatever reason, let's throw in the Woodcock Johnson for pretend. When you are reading about a testing situation - who/what - are the qualities behind the baseline of the tests? What population are they using to create standards? Is there some sort of word for this? How do you know? It seems like I should know this, but it's just beyond me today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Are you looking for the term "norming sample"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Maybe that's the term I need when sorting through them. I'll try poking around looking for those terms - man there are a LOT of different kinds of tests out there is all I'm sure of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychmom Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Most of the major achievement & cognitive tests, like the Woodcock Johnson, use large samples of people (several thousand, although it depends on the test) from across the nation to "norm" the scores. They usually try to include a representative sample that mirrors the population in question. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 If it is a new version of a test that has been around for awhile, the publishers will compare scores on the old test with the raw scores on the new version. I know when GDC was doing the extended norms testing for the new version of the WPPSI last spring, they gave preference to kids who had previous WPPSI scores on file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Does anyone have thoughts on if the size of the norm sample makes a huge difference in a more meaningful score? Or is it the format of the test which weighs more than the norm? Maybe it's a little of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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