1.6

-define clearly what you want to measure 

-generate an item pool

-keep level of reading appropriate for the person

-avoid double-barreled questions

-mix positively and negatively worded items

-avoid exceptionally long items

vocational interest or aptitude batteries

items that require a yes-no, true-false response

MMPI and MMPI-2

one can get half of them right with just by guessing

• responses have more than 2 alternatives
• *classic multiple choice question

• the incorrect items
• *only if its a achievement or aptitude test

• no more than 3 or 4
• *studies have shown

they have to be just right

it is a scale that has any number of choice points on a graduated scale

some argue it is ordinal

7 point

• similar to likert scales, but more than 5-7 items
• ex) on scale of 1-10
• ex) when a group is being rated the ratters tend to use ratings of up to 10
• *for most tasks, 10 is enough points to discriminate

is one in which a 100-millimeter line is used and the subject can draw a slash across it at whatever point they want