How Can Researchers Determine Whether or Not an IQ Test

question 72

Multiple Choice

How can researchers determine whether or not an IQ test is biased against a certain group of people?

• A) Measure whether the mean score has been increasing or decreasing over time for members of this group.
• B) Determine whether the group's mean score is as high as that of other people taking the test.
• C) Examine the questions and decide whether they appear to be unfair to this group.
• D) Determine whether members of the group perform better in school than their test scores predict.

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Definitions:

Postzygotic

Pertaining to the biological and evolutionary processes that occur after the formation of a zygote, particularly those that influence reproductive success and viability.

Pre-Mating

Pertains to processes or behaviors that occur before the act of reproduction, often involving mate selection or courtship in animals.

Phylogenetic Species Concept

A method of defining species as the smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor, forming one branch on the tree of life.

Biological Species Concept

A definition of species as groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.