In the Original Intelligence Test Created by Binet and Simon

question 145

Multiple Choice

In the original intelligence test created by Binet and Simon, the basic index of intelligence for their scale was called:

• A) mental age.
• B) chronological age.
• C) intelligence quotient.
• D) the bell curve.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and is tested directly in a hypothesis testing framework, assuming the null hypothesis is false.

T Procedure

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups when the variances are unknown and assumed to be equal.

Sign Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to evaluate the difference between paired samples, based on the direction of changes rather than the magnitude.

Population Distribution

The spread of people across a given area or the spread of values of a particular variable across the population studied.