You are studying a population of grasshoppers and you calculate its population growth using a life table. You get a value for Ro of 1. What would the equivalent value be for the per-capita growth rate, r?

You are given the following data for a population of rabbits over several years. Analyze the population size over time and determine what kind of growth this population exhibits: Year Population Size 1 10 2 50 3 150 4 300 5 450 6 500 7 510 8 515

When looking at a test’s sensitivity and specificity, we want values to be at least “fair.” What is the low value of the “fair” range? 

In order to obtain a more accurate, fair assessment, select the following measures that SLPs should use, in addition to norm-referenced assessments when appropriate: 

If a test has 70% specificity at a given cut score, that means that [value1]% of individuals will correctly be identified not disordered, while [value2] will be incorrectly identified as having a disorder when they are actually “normal.” 

The starting point for test administration and scoring is referred to as the [term1], while [term2] refers to the ending or stopping point in test administration. The test manuals determine the rules for each; these vary by test which makes studying the manual so important!

What is your instructor’s office phone number, not the extension? You need to be able to contact me when you have questions. _______ Make sure to read your syllabus. If you look, you can find this information in several places.

Best practice states than an assessment must be thorough. What does that mean and why is that important?

This type of authentic assessment is used to evaluate an individual’s learning potential based on their ability to modify responses after the clinician provides teaching or other support. 

One speech sound assessment task is to collect information of the client’s stimulability. What is the clinical significance of stimulability? Select two (2) choices.