When We Represent Students' Test Performance in Terms of Standard

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Multiple Choice

When we represent students' test performance in terms of standard scores, we must first know the standard deviation of those scores.This statistic tells us:

• A)What the average student's performance was
• B)How close together or far apart the scores are
• C)Whether the test has high predictive validity
• D)Whether the test has high reliability

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