When Applying the Concepts of Hits, False Positives, and False

question 16

Multiple Choice

When applying the concepts of hits, false positives, and false negatives, what will be true when the correlation between the test and criterion is zero?

• A) Hits will equal false positives
• B) Hits will equal false negatives
• C) Hits will equal false positives plus false negatives
• D) There will be no false positives

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Definitions:

Z-Score

Another term for standard score, indicating the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of its distribution.

Standard Deviations

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Standard Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped probability distribution characterized by a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in many areas of statistical analysis.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a data set vary from the mean.