To Decide Whether or Not Any Individual Item on a Test

question 196

Multiple Choice

To decide whether or not any individual item on a test is biased against men or women, psychologists would need to determine whether:

• A) either a man or a woman complains about the item.
• B) the person who wrote one of the items intended it to favor one group or the other.
• C) the item has an example that describes either a man or a woman, without including both.
• D) some item that is among the easiest for one group is among the most difficult for the other.

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