A Test Might Not Appear to Be a Good Test

question 36

Multiple Choice

A test might not appear to be a good test of native intelligence and yet it might do a very good job of predicting how well someone does in school. That is, this test

• A) has both face validity and predictive validity
• B) has criterion validity but not face validity
• C) is reliable but not valid
• D) has criterion validity but lacks reliability

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Definitions:

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations of different combinations of goods or services among which a consumer is indifferent, showing no preference for one combination over another.

Perfect Substitutes

Products or services that can be used in exactly the same way by the consumer and that are perceived as identical in satisfying an individual's needs or desires.

Perfect Complements

Goods that are consumed together in fixed proportions to fulfill a specific utility.

Convex Preferences

A set of consumer preferences that exhibit a specific property where mixtures of goods are preferred over singular extremes, displaying a curve outward towards the origin on a utility graph.