A Test Designed to Measure Baseball Performance Skills Would Be

question 3

Multiple Choice

A test designed to measure baseball performance skills would be said to have high predictive validity if a person who scores low on the test also

• A) scores low on a test measuring basketball performance.
• B) scores high on a test measuring basketball performance.
• C) has a poor batting average over the baseball season.
• D) scores high on the same test given two weeks later.

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