Social:Floor effect
In statistics, a floor effect (also known as a basement effect) arises when a data-gathering instrument has a lower limit to the data values it can reliably specify.[1] This lower limit is known as the "floor".[2] The "floor effect" is one type of scale attenuation effect;[3] the other scale attenuation effect is the "ceiling effect". Floor effects are occasionally encountered in psychological testing, when a test designed to estimate some psychological trait has a minimum standard score that may not distinguish some test-takers who differ in their responses on the test item content.[4] Giving preschool children an IQ test designed for adults would likely show many of the test-takers with scores near the lowest standard score for adult test-takers (IQ 40 on most tests that were currently normed as of 2010). To indicate differences in current intellectual functioning among young children, IQ tests[5] specifically for young children are developed, on which many test-takers can score well above the floor score. An IQ test designed to help assess intellectually disabled persons might intentionally be designed with easier item content and a lower floor score to better distinguish among individuals taking the test as part of an assessment process.[6]
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References
- ↑ Lim, Christopher R.; Harris, Kristina; Dawson, Jill; Beard, David J.; Fitzpatrick, Ray; Price, Andrew J. (2015-07-01). "Floor and ceiling effects in the OHS: an analysis of the NHS PROMs data set" (in en). BMJ Open 5 (7): e007765. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007765. ISSN 2044-6055. PMID 26216152.
- ↑ Stephanie (2017-09-10). "Floor Effect / Basement Effect: Definition" (in en-US). https://www.statisticshowto.com/floor-effect/.
- ↑ "Scale Attenuation Effect - SAGE Research Methods" (in en). https://methods.sagepub.com/reference/dictionary-of-statistics-methodology/n1744.xml.
- ↑ Zhu, Leina; Gonzalez, Jorge (2017). "Modeling Floor Effects in Standardized Vocabulary Test Scores in a Sample of Low SES Hispanic Preschool Children under the Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Framework" (in en). Frontiers in Psychology 8: 2146. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02146. ISSN 1664-1078. PMID 29312033.
- ↑ Sansone, Stephanie M; Schneider, Andrea; Bickel, Erika; Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth; Prescott, Christina; Hessl, David (2014). "Improving IQ measurement in intellectual disabilities using true deviation from population norms". Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 (1): 16. doi:10.1186/1866-1955-6-16. ISSN 1866-1947. PMID 26491488.
- ↑ "IQ testing in individuals with intellectual disability". https://health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2014-2015/06/20150618_IQ-testing-Hessl.html.
Further reading
- Everitt, B.S. (2002) The Cambridge dictionary of Statistics, Second Edition. CUP. ISBN:0-521-81099-X
- Sternberg, Robert J., ed (2000). Handbook of Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-521-59648-0. https://archive.org/details/handbookintellig00phdr.
- Weiss, Lawrence G.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Coalson, Diane et al., eds (2010). WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives. Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional. Alan S. Kaufman (Foreword). Amsterdam: Academic Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-12-375035-8. https://archive.org/details/waisivclinicalus00weis.
- Groth-Marnat, Gary (2009). Handbook of Psychological Assessment (Fifth ed.). Hoboken (NJ): Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-08358-1.
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