Testing Peoples' Fear of Flying Shortly Following a Major Airplane

question 59

Multiple Choice

Testing peoples' fear of flying shortly following a major airplane crash might produce a(n)

• A) age effect.
• B) time-of-measurement effect.
• C) practice effect.
• D) cohort effect.

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Predictive Validity

The extent to which a test, measurement, or tool can accurately forecast or predict a specific outcome.

Face Validity

Refers to the extent to which a test appears to measure what it is intended to measure, based purely on its surface characteristics.

Mean Score

The average value obtained by dividing the sum of all values in a set by the number of values in that set; used as a measure of central tendency in statistics.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.