Which of the following procedures should a general science teacher use to help validate her end-of-year classroom grades?
a. Use the end-of-year test as a criterion.
b. Compare the grades with students' test performance on several different assessments over the year.
c. Correlate the scores from the first half of the end-of-year test with scores from the second half.
Ques. 2Which of the following is the most important characteristic of a good criterion measure?
a. Practicality of the instrument
b. Validity of the scores in assessing the tasks to be predicted
c. Usability of the measure
Ques. 3Suppose all students who obtained aptitude scores below 10 were refused admission to college level math courses. For what percentage of them would have this have been a poor decision?
a. 12
b. 37
c. 63
d. 100
Ques. 4Which pair of the tests has the highest positive correlation?
a. Mathematical Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning
b. Mathematical Reasoning and Spatial Reasoning
c. Verbal Reasoning and Spatial Reasoning
Ques. 5What index quantifies the degree to which two variables are related?
a. Standard error of measurement
b. Standard error of estimate
c. Correlation coefficient
d. Coefficient of relationship
Ques. 6Indirect requests, such as a child saying, That ice cream looks good when she is
hungry, relate most to the aspect of language called
a. morphemes
b. phonemes
c. syntax
d. pragmatics
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