Interpretive Exercise When She Was Five Years Old,the Results of Psychological Tests

question 34

Essay

Interpretive Exercise
When she was five years old,the results of psychological tests revealed that Pauline had an IQ of 180.She began to read at the age of three,and by the time she was in kindergarten,she could solve complex addition and subtraction problems.So that she would not be bored,her teachers recommended that she skip first grade.Now she is in sixth grade,and she continues to excel as a writer and as a scientist.She has also become interested in environmental issues and,on weekends,does volunteer work for a local conservation group.At school,she started a recycling program and she is editor of the school newspaper.
-Describe an acceleration program that does not involve skipping another grade that might be beneficial for Pauline.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis Test

A statistical method used to determine whether there is enough evidence in a sample of data to infer that a certain condition holds true for a larger population.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it is determined by the chosen significance level.

Commuted

The act of reducing a legal penalty or sentence, often referring to changing a prison sentence to one that is less severe.

Hypothesis

An initial theory put forward with partial evidence to guide subsequent research.