When you see that a product is FDA approved, you trust the source of information based on what method of knowing?
A. intuition
B. empiricism
C. authority
D. rationalism
Ans: C
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A. Could limit your opportunities B. They can make your training look narrow C. They create an air of flexibility in the job-seeker D. It is the hallmark of a resume
Statistical significance in education is often confused with which of the following?
A) practical importance B) theoretical proofs C) control of biases D) multiple sources of evidence
A researcher correlated achievement test scores in mathematics and science, but later learned that the tests were too easy for the students. The outcome of the correlational analysis will be
a. the same as if the researcher had used tests of appropriate difficulty. b. spuriously high because the easy exams will produce high scores and therefore high correlations. c. genuinely high. d. low because the easy tests will restrict the variation in scores on the two tests.
Ralph has just taken two achievement tests. He scored at the 90th percentile on the Ohio Reading Test (ORT). He scored at the 50th percentile on the California Mathematics Inventory (CMI). Can we conclude that Ralph has higher achievement in reading than in mathematics?
a. Yes, because a percentile score of 90 is well above average, whereas a percentile score of 50 is only average. b. Yes, provided that both tests have been shown to have content validity for the curriculum at Ralph's school. c. No, because the two percentile scores are both essentially "average" scores. d. No, because the norm groups for the two tests are probably different.