The NAS Report Regarding Correction of Test Bias in the General

question 170

Multiple Choice

The NAS report regarding correction of test bias in the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) concluded that

• A) more effort would be necessary to completely eliminate the halo effect in test scoring.
• B) raw scores had to be converted into interpretable standard scores.
• C) test coefficients were too low to be acceptable criterion-related validity evidence.
• D) nothing had to be changed in the practice of scoring the tests.

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Definitions:

Fitness Cost

Represents the negative repercussions on an organism's genetic contribution to future generations that can result from the expression of a particular phenotype.

Parental Behavior

Actions taken by parents to ensure the survival and well-being of their offspring, including feeding, protection, and teaching of necessary skills or behaviors.

Hymenoptera

An order of insects that includes wasps, bees, and ants, characterized by their distinctive two pairs of wings and social or solitary lifestyles.

Haploid Egg

An egg cell that contains a single set of chromosomes, typical in many sexually reproducing organisms for the purpose of fertilization.