A New IQ Test Is Being Developed and the Test

question 27

Multiple Choice

A new IQ test is being developed and the test creators need to give this IQ test to 1,000 individuals in order to get appropriate standardization norms.They decide to give the test to all of the students,primarily Caucasian adolescents between the ages of 11 and 14,in a middle school in North Dakota.This is an example of:

• A)regression to the mean.
• B)inappropriate standardization samples.
• C)inequitable social consequences.
• D)homogeneity of regression.

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Definitions:

Quadratic Formula

A formula that provides the solutions to a quadratic equation in terms of its coefficients.

General Form

A way of expressing a mathematical equation or function in a standard or common manner, often incorporating several variables.

Real Values

Numbers that can be found on the number line including both rational and irrational numbers, but not imaginary numbers.

Quadratic Equation

An equation of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, and c are constants and a ≠ 0.