Test Users Who Treat Ordinal Data as If They Were

question 121

Multiple Choice

Test users who treat ordinal data as if they were interval data must be constantly alert to the possibility of

• A) a highly skewed standard error.
• B) gross inequality of intervals.
• C) extreme kurtosis in a graphed distribution of test scores.
• D) legal challenges from the ACLU.

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Definitions:

Hydrogen Bonds

Weak bonds between partially positive hydrogen atoms and partially negative elements like oxygen or nitrogen, crucial in biological structures.

pH Scale

A measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, ranging from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic) with 7 as neutral.

Hydrogen Ion

A positively charged ion or proton, H+, which is common in acid-base reactions in chemistry and biological systems.

Structural Organization

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