Since the Early Days of IQ Testing, Psychologists Have Periodically

question 88

Multiple Choice

Since the early days of IQ testing, psychologists have periodically rewritten the tests. If the young people of today took exactly the same tests that were used many years ago,

• A) the validity of the test would be higher than the reliability.
• B) the mean score would be well below 100.
• C) the mean score would be well above 100.
• D) the mean would still be 100, but the standard deviation would be close to zero.

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