First the students groaned and then they let out a sigh of relief when the teacher realized her mistake. The test was supposed to be on the topic of the modern romance novel,
but she inadvertently passed out exam questions that were intended for another course she was teaching on medieval poetry. It is obvious that the initial test questions did not have
a. reliability.
b. criterion validity.
c. predictive validity.
d. construct validity.
Answer: d. construct validity.
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Wei-Shin was mugged while he was walking across campus alone one evening. The event left him with his wallet and identity stolen, and a broken nose and rib. Wei-Shin thinks to himself, "What kind of world is this, where someone will mug a poor college student?" Wei-Shin is having trouble coping because this traumatic event has challenged his ____
a. attitude accessibility b. downward comparisons c. assumptive worlds d. attitude-behavior consistency
The work of psychologists often overlaps with the work of psychiatrists
a. experimental b. clinical c. developmental d. educational e. counseling
Another advantage of a ______design is the lower burden on the researcher to recruit participants for the study.
A. within-subjects B. between-groups C. within-groups D. between-subjects
Charter schools are:
A) theme schools in the public school system. B) partnered with community colleges to offer two-years associate's degrees. C) private schools that are not associated with religion. D) a hybrid between public and private schools.