An Index of Utility Can Be Distinguished from an Index

question 115

Multiple Choice

An index of utility can be distinguished from an index of reliability and an index of validity in that an index of utility can tell us something about

• A) how consistently a test measures what it measures in a particular context.
• B) whether a test measures what it purports to measure in a particular context.
• C) the practical value of the information derived from what a test measures.
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Larynx

An organ located in the neck of mammals that is involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Voice Box

Also known as the larynx, it is the organ in the throat involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Bronchioles

Small airways in the lungs through which air passes before reaching the alveoli, involved in the process of gas exchange.

Capillaries

The smallest blood vessels in the body's circulatory system, responsible for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and tissues.