A Guidance Counselor Wishes to Determine If a Student Scored

question 18

Multiple Choice

A guidance counselor wishes to determine if a student scored higher on a mathematics test than on a reading test.What statistic(s) would be MOST useful?

• A) the standard error of measurement for each test score
• B) the standard error of the difference between two scores
• C) the raw score on each test as well as the mean of each distribution
• D) the mean of each distribution and index of test difficulty for each test

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