When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be
a. reliable.
b. standardized.
c. valid.
d. normally distributed.
e. internally consistent.
Answer: b. standardized.
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a. crisis intervention b. protective living environments for long-term patients c. supervised residential facilities d. outpatient care e. day treatment programs
A researcher asks extraverts and introverts to work on a series of math problems while listening to loud or soft music. Based on past research, we would expect to find that
A. the extraverts do better on the test, regardless of the music level. B. the introverts do better when listening to loud music, the extraverts better when listening to soft music. C. the extraverts do better when listening to loud music, the introverts better when listening to soft music. D. introverts and extraverts do equally well regardless of how loud the music is playing.
Generally, an advantage to norm-referenced tests is that they
A. are precise B. pinpoint causes of developmental deficits C. allow insight into individual progress D. are easy to administer and score
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