Which One of the Following Illustrates Formative Evaluation

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following illustrates formative evaluation?

• A)A teacher gives students an unexpected "pop")quiz that will be worth extra points toward their grade.
• B)A teacher gives students an unexpected quiz to find out what things they need more work on; it won't count toward final grades.
• C)A university uses students' SAT scores to determine which students to accept; only the top 5% are admitted.
• D)A university uses students' SAT scores to determine which students to accept; all students who score at or above a certain cutoff score are admitted.

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Definitions:

Two-Tailed Test

A nondirectional test, reflecting a nondirectional hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the starting point for hypothesis testing.

One-Tailed Hypothesis

A directional hypothesis that specifies an expected direction of the effect or relationship between variables.

Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together, showing the strength and direction of their relationship.