As Part of the Application Procedure for Admission to University

question 263

Multiple Choice

As part of the application procedure for admission to university, Butch has to complete the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) .The university administrators at the campus he has applied to have determined that only those students who score in the top 40% on the SAT are likely to successfully complete a 4-year university program.In this instance, the university administrators believe that the SAT has:

• A)good predictive validity
• B)high content validity
• C)high reliability
• D)poor standardization

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Definitions:

Relative Frequency

The proportion between how often a specific value appears and the overall count of data points observed.

Midpoint

The middle point of a line segment, exactly equidistant from both ends.

Cumulative Percent Frequency

A measure used in statistics to describe the percentage of data points that fall within a certain category or below a specified value, accumulating from the start of the data set.

Total Number

The aggregate count or sum of all units or elements within a specified set or collection.