If you were using an achievement test to measure how well high school students remembered their middle school science, you might attempt to determine how well the test items actually covered the middle school science curriculum. Your concerns would be for the test's

a. content validity.
b. norms.
c. predictive validity.
d. reliability.


A

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____ revolutionized the study of syntax by arguing that we must consider the syntactical relationships between sentences in addition to the interrelationships among phrases within sentences

a. Eleanor Rosch b. Harry McGurk c. Herbert Clark d. Noam Chomsky

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The term “critical value” refers most specifically to ______.

a. how researchers define a ‘low’ probability b. the value of a statistic needed to reject the null hypothesis c. the minimum sample size needed to test a research hypothesis d. the value of a population parameter such as µ

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Ms. Demchik filled the water table and placed a set of eight-ounce plastic bottles on a nearby shelf. She put measuring cups and some plastic tubing in the water. As the children arrived, she invited them to play. She observed the children's explorations, then asked questions such as, "Which of these containers holds the most? How do you know?" She was prepared to accept any answer the children

might give and to build on their answers with further questions and challenges. What activity type does the water table represent? a. The water table was not a planned activity. b. The water table was a problem-solving activity. c. The water table was an exploratory activity. d. The water table was a guided discovery activity.

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The smallest units of sound that have meaning are ________.

A. graphemes B. morphemes C. syntax D. phonemes

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