A distractor that is chosen significantly fewer times than would be expected by

chance

a) lowers the difficulty of the item
b) increases the difficulty of the item
c) does not affect item difficulty
d) reflects an item not in the content domain


A

Psychology

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a. postconventional moral reasoning. b. conventional moral reasoning. c. preconventional moral reasoning. d. authoritarian moral reasoning.

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Which of the following is an inferential statistics test that can be used to test hypotheses about continuous variables?

A. parametric tests B. frequency tests C. nonparametric tests D. bivariate tests

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During young adulthood, all body systems—including the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and sexual-reproductive systems—function

poorly. optimally. equally to those of adolescents. equally to those of middle-age adults.

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People who reduce their fat intake to reduce dissonance associated with diet and heart disease are using which of the following dissonance reducing techniques?

a. behavior change b. attitude change c. rationalization d. distorted perception

Psychology