Fred Made 103 and Frank Made 96 on an Achievement

question 169

Multiple Choice

Fred made 103 and Frank made 96 on an achievement test with a confidence interval of 4.These results indicate that

• A)Fred's true score is definitely higher than Frank's true score.
• B)measurement error can account for the differences in their scores.
• C)the true scores of each student are probably very close.
• D)the test used to generate these scores must be very reliable.

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