If You Wanted to Use a Musical Aptitude Test to Help

question 49

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to use a musical aptitude test to help you decide which students should be admitted to a musical conservatory, such a test would have to have evidence of

• A) comprehensiveness.
• B) widespread acceptance.
• C) high validity.
• D) a low standard deviation.

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Definitions:

High Quality Evidence

Information or data regarded as exceptionally credible and reliable, often used to support arguments or hypotheses.

Logical Application

The use of reason and systematic thinking to solve problems or make decisions based on established principles.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

A theory that explains how people are persuaded, suggesting two main pathways of persuasion: central and peripheral.

Central Route

A pathway of persuasion that involves careful and thoughtful consideration of the arguments presented in a message.