Lawshe devised a method for determining agreement among raters or judges who rate items on how essential they are. This method provides a way to quantify what type of validity?

A) content
B) construct
C) criterion-related
D) predictive


Answer: A) content

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a. wear seat belts and exercise regularly. b. have high blood pressure. c. be more at risk for HIV. d. have more eating disorders.

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Kelly is a 12-year-old with intellectual disability. Even though she has difficulty with math and reading, Kelly is placed in a regular classroom for her entire school day. Which educational practice for students with intellectual disability is Kelly's school using?

a. brainstorming b. enrichment c. standardization d. culture-fair testing e. mainstreaming

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Joan is eating lunch, and she says to Brad, "Can you pass the salt?" Brad replies "Yes, I can"; however, he doesn't actually pass the salt. What kind of miscommunication does this brief conversation suggest?

a. a slip-of-the-tongue b. a syntactic error c. a pragmatic problem d. the linearization problem

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A psychologist tells children a story in which a puppet named Maxi puts a ball in one cupboard and then leaves the room. While she is gone, another puppet moves the ball to another cupboard. Then Maxi comes back. At this point, the psychologist asks the children in which cupboard will Maxi look for the ball. Most 3-year-olds probably will say the _____ cupboard, and most 5-year-olds will say the

_____ cupboard. A) first; first B) first; second C) second; first D) second; second

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