The Demonstration of Equivalence of Both the Unit of Measurement

question 40

Multiple Choice

The demonstration of equivalence of both the unit of measurement and the constant in the equation between the construct and the items measuring the construct is called ________.

• A)construct equivalence
• B)scalar equivalence
• C)operational equivalence
• D)linguistic equivalence

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Definitions:

Two-Tailed Test

A hypothesis test in which the critical area for a rejection of the null hypothesis is in both tails of the probability distribution, allowing for testing of deviations in both directions.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population, representing the central tendency of the total population.

Type II Error

The failure to reject a false null hypothesis or a false negative in hypothesis testing.

Significance Level

The significance level, denoted by alpha, is the threshold chosen by researchers below which a p-value must fall for results to be considered statistically significant.