1 out of 1 points
The school psychologist administered a series of tests and observed
the student in the classroom to determine if he should be placed in
the special education class. This process is called
Selected b.
Answer: Measurem
ent.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Which one of the following represents the narrowest set of things to
be done?
Selected a.
Answer: Measurem
ent
Question 3
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An example of a nominal measurement scale is
Selected a.
Answer: Classification according
to race.
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Organizing and summarizing data in a parsimonious manner is the
result of using
Selected d.
Answer: Descriptive
statistics.
Question 5
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All of the following are characteristics of frequency
distributions EXCEPT
Selected d.
Answer: The scores are ranked according to their
frequencies.
Question 6
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A teacher works with her class in such an effective manner that all
but a few of the students master the material at a very high level.
The exam scores for these classes are likely to be distributed as
Selected c.
Answer: Negatively
skewed.
, Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The major concern related to using the mean as a measure of
central tendency is its
Selected b.
Answer: Susceptibility to extreme
scores.
Question 8
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The exam grades in History 1001 for five students were 70, 75, 80,
85, and 90. These same students had grades of 60, 70, 80, 90, and
100 in English 1005. These two sets of scores differ in terms of
Selected b.
Answer: Variatio
n.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A researcher found a strong negative correlation between hours
viewing television and grades in school. This means that
Selected b.
Answer: The children who watched less television had better
school grades.
Question 10
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Which of the following statements reflects the characteristics of
validity?
Selected d.
Answer: There is evidence related to content, internal structure,
and convergent validity, so the inferences drawn for the
test are likely to be meaningful.
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A test is said to be _________ if a person who takes the test obtains
about the same score each time it is taken.
Selected c.
Answer: Reliab
le
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The authors of the new math test administered the same test to a
group of fourth graders in the beginning and the end of the same
day. A reliability coefficient of .90 was obtained using this method,
and the authors claimed that their test had high reliability. Were the