The New York Truth in Testing Law

question 21

Multiple Choice

The New York Truth in Testing Law

• A)applies only to the ETS.
• B)was written for the ETS but applies to many companies.
• C)was the result of an investigation into the NYPIRG.
• D)is a federal regulation.

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Definitions:

Experimenter Bias

involves the influence of the researcher's expectations or preferences on the outcomes of an experiment, potentially skewing the results.

Social Desirability Bias

The inclination of individuals to respond to queries in a way that they believe will be positively perceived by others.

Confederate

An individual who participates in a psychological experiment by pretending to be a subject but in reality works for the researcher.

70th Percentile

A value below which 70 percent of the data falls, used as a measure to understand the distribution of data in a set.