Dianne's Deviation IQ Increased Five Points Over Her Eighth-Grade Year

question 13

Multiple Choice

Dianne's deviation IQ increased five points over her eighth-grade year.Her apparent improvement in deviation IQ score can be explained most validly

• A)as a significant improvement in her intellectual skills.
• B)as an exception to the general rule of IQ stability.
• C)by the influence of measurement error.
• D)by the relatively low validity of IQ tests.

Calculate the F-test statistic for comparing two sample variances.

Determine the critical value and rejection region from the F-table.

Understand the role of sample size in the significance of the F-test.

Distinguish between one-tailed and two-tailed tests in variance comparison.

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