When a Student Scores Extremely Poorly on One Examination but Then

question 34

Multiple Choice

When a student scores extremely poorly on one examination but then improves on the next,he or she demonstrates what statisticians call

• A) the law of regular deviations.
• B) the rebound effect.
• C) random fluctuation.
• D) regression toward the mean.

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