The Way That Researchers Attempt to Eliminate Cultural and Gender

question 36

Multiple Choice

The way that researchers attempt to eliminate cultural and gender bias from IQ tests is to

• A) identify and remove questions that show item bias.
• B) create different tests for use by different groups.
• C) increase the percentage of verbal items on tests and decrease the number of performance items.
• D) plot the distribution of test results on different charts for different groups and only compare people from within the same group.

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