Which combination should be considered when determining whether a professional is qualified to use a particular assessment?

A frequency distribution can show how often scores occur and reveal whether scores cluster or spread out, but it does not by itself explain why the pattern exists.

What is the primary role of professional standards and ethical codes in assessment practice?

An employer uses a selection test for hiring that disproportionately excludes members of a protected group. The employer is unable to show that the test measures abilities related to successful performance of the job. What is the primary concern with this assessment practice?

A professional prepares a set of questions before an interview but is able to ask follow-up questions and explore important responses in greater depth. What type of interview is being used?

Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when:

Intellectual disability can be adequately assessed by measuring intellectual ability alone, because adaptive functioning is primarily useful for planning services after identification has already occurred.

Which statement about the shape of a distribution is accurate?

Professional competence in assessment includes the ability to select, administer, score, interpret, and communicate assessment information appropriately; competence with one type of assessment does not automatically establish competence with all assessments.

Which statement correctly distinguishes an assessment method from an assessment source?