Westside Elementary School Received a Number of Applications for a Teaching

question 17

Multiple Choice

Westside Elementary School received a number of applications for a teaching position.The school wanted to increase its staff diversity, who are mostly white females.The top two applicants were both white females, but a Hispanic female and an African-American male were almost ranked as highly with very little difference in their scores.The school decided to hire the Hispanic applicant.They were making their selection decision based on _____.

• A) banding
• B) alternate-form reliability
• C) construct validity
• D) screening
• E) discriminatory testing

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Definitions:

Cross-Sectional Design

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Expensive

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