Research Suggests That the Prediction of Someone's Future Academic Success

question 53

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that the prediction of someone's future academic success is best when the prediction is based on

• A)statistics.
• B)the judgments of trained admissions officers.
• C)statistics plus the judgments of trained admissions officers.
• D)letters of recommendation.

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure quantifying the likelihood that a specific event will occur, typically expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Uniform Density

A measure indicating that mass is evenly distributed throughout a substance or object, so each unit volume has identical mass.

Probability

Probability refers to the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Poisson Approximation

A statistical technique used to estimate the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.