The Cost of Gubernatorial Campaigns Is Less Today Than in the Past

question 24

True/False

The cost of gubernatorial campaigns is less today than in the past because of public financing.

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Definitions:

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)

A statistical measure that reflects the amount of error in the scores of a test, indicating how much measured test scores are expected to fluctuate around a true score.

T Score

A standardized score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, often used in psychological and educational testing to compare an individual's test performance with a norm group.

Test-Retest Reliability

Giving the test twice to the same group of people and then correlating the scores of the first test with those of the second test to determine the reliability of the instrument.

Sten

A standard ten scale used for scoring and interpreting psychological and other types of tests, where scores are often transformed to fit a scale ranging from 1 to 10.