Ishmael and Aliyah Were Enrolled in Different Sections of the Same

question 94

Multiple Choice

Ishmael and Aliyah were enrolled in different sections of the same course.When Aliyah was taking her midterm exam,there was a lecture being held in the next room.This distracted her and made it difficult for her to concentrate on her exam.When Ishmael wrote his midterm exam,the room next door was empty and he had no distractions.In this example,the administration of the midterm exam for this course

• A) did not have high test-retest reliability.
• B) was not standardized across the two course sections.
• C) would have poor construct validity.
• D) did not have adequate test norms.

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