A Student Takes a Statistics Test That Is Based on Baseball

question 112

Multiple Choice

A student takes a statistics test that is based on baseball box scores and team standing.Afterward,the student mentions to the instructor that,to do well on the test,a student had to be familiar with baseball,which is not part of the course.The student is criticizing the test's:

• A) validity
• B) reliability
• C) probability
• D) psychological worth

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Total Fertility Rate

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