The ______ is used when the outcome variable is ordinal data.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ans: Mann-Whitney U test

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Early childhood intervention is designed to

a. promote optimal development for young children with developmental delays and/or disabilities. b. prevent language deficits only or improve an existing disability. c. prevent motor problems only or improve an existing disability through provision of teaching and learning experiences. d. provide enrichment for all young children.

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Before 2004, the burden of proof in determining that a student's behavior was a manifestation of a disability fell on the school; in 2004, the responsibility for a child with emotional and behavioral disorders was reassigned from the school to the:

a. clinicians of the affected child b. parents of the affected child. c. administrators within the schools d. none of the above e. all of the above

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The most meaningful way to consider test validity is

a. across parallel forms. c. for a specific purpose. b. as a subtype of reliability. d. in terms of errors of measurement.

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A recent re-analysis of boys' performance in school came to the conclusion that

A. minority boys and boys from disadvantaged schools are at risk, but middle-class and upper-class boys are doing as well or better than in the past. B. the problems that boys have in school have decreased significantly since they first came to the attention of the public. C. the gender gap is closing and there is little difference between how boys perform in school and how girls perform. D. it is the group of middle-class and upper-class boys who historically have done well in school who now appear to be at the greatest risk of failure.

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