Which of the following is equivalent to the percentage of variation in the criterion that we can expect to know in advance because of our knowledge of the test scores?
a. the validity coefficient
b. the validity coefficient squared
c. the correlation coefficient
d. the correlation coefficient squared
b
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A. Adolescence B. Childhood C. Middle adulthood D. Late adulthood
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a. hormonal imbalances c. brain impairments b. blood deficiencies d. no biological basis
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A) a large, representative sample. B) individuals who primarily represent the majority culture. C) individuals who are more diverse than the population for which the test is being normed. D) individuals who have no previous exposure to intelligence tests.
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A. being novel B. being interesting C. being informative D. containing jargon