A test question has item bias when it
a. is easier for one group than for another group.
b. has a high discrimination index.
c. does not correlate with other test items.
d. does not correlate with the test's raw score.
a. is easier for one group than for another group.
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A. standard distribution B. random distribution C. standard deviation D. sum of squares
During a fugue state, patients diagnosed with dissociative fugue
A. travel and typically experience memory loss during their trip. B. travel involuntarily but do not experience memory loss. C. temporarily lose memory of who they are but are able to recover their sense of identity after the fugue state. D. permanently lose memory of who they are and seldom recover any sense of their own identity.
The most common type of cancer among men (and rare among women) is ________, whereas ____ cancer is the most common type among women (and rare among men)
a. breast; lung b. lung; colon c. prostate; breast d. colon; prostate
Dax is a husband and father of two young children. He has recently started to go to AA meetings to address his alcoholism, and in addition to seeing an analyst privately, he and his wife have decided to go to couple therapy. What would be the most likely example of a goal of this couple therapy?
A. Understanding the root of Dax's drinking B. Getting Dax to stop drinking C. Stopping Dax from calling his wife an "idiot" when she calls him a "failure" D. Re-establishing Dax's role in the family