Statistical "factor analysis" is applied in intelligence testing to
a. assess the person's level of effort exerted.
b. calculate the person's score on the general factor.
c. identify the separate clusters of abilities measured by the test.
d. assess the test's relative contamination by culture bias.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
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