Larry Wants to See Whether He Can Influence His Students

question 86

Multiple Choice

Larry wants to see whether he can influence his students' test scores.When he gives his students their English test,he says,"Tall students tend to perform worse than short students
On this test." Indeed,the tall students do get lower scores on the test.These results provide
Support for the existence of

• A) crystallized intelligence.
• B) stereotype threat.
• C) fluid intelligence.
• D) test validity.

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Definitions:

Mean

The mean of a set of numbers obtained by summing them up and then dividing by the total number of values.

Normally Distributed

Refers to data that fall in a bell curve pattern centered around the mean, used to describe a distribution in statistics.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, representing the central location within that dataset.