Exhibit 9-2: an Achievement Test for Advanced Math Was Developed

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 9-2: An achievement test for advanced math was developed for high school students.In the process of preparing the test, a number of steps were carried out.Choose the option that most directly relates to each of the following steps.
-Refer to Exhibit 9-2.For 5,000 cases, two forms of the test were given and scores on Form A were correlated with scores on Form B.This step is concerned with

• A) reliability.
• B) validity evidence based on content.
• C) validity evidence based on relationship to the other variables.
• D) validity evidence based on response processes.

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