A School Psychologist Administers a Psychological Test to a Child

question 105

Multiple Choice

A school psychologist administers a psychological test to a child.For the purposes of her report,she converts the testtaker's raw scores to percentiles.Age and grade norms are provided in the manual but she declines to cite them because

• A) percentiles are all that are needed for accurate reporting of results.
• B) age and grade norms tend to be misinterpreted by the general public.
• C) she prefers to report results using only means and standard deviations.
• D) that's what they're expecting her to do.

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Definitions:

Special Duties

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Self-Interest

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Employment Contract

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