What Is One Criticism of the Conclusions Offered by Richard

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Multiple Choice

What is one criticism of the conclusions offered by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve?

• A)They failed to distinguish between correlation and causation.
• B)Few people have taken intelligence tests,so their conclusions have limited generalizability.
• C)Their data were obtained improperly.
• D)They confused polygenic and monogenic inheritance.

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Definitions:

Individualized Tests

Tests tailored to assess specific abilities or characteristics of an individual, often used in educational or clinical settings.

Cross-Cultural Fairness

The principle that assessment tools and processes should be equally valid and fair across different cultural groups, minimizing bias.

Concurrent Validity

The extent to which test scores correlate with scores on an established test of the same skill or knowledge area, taken at the same time.

Discriminant Validity

A measure of the degree to which a test or tool is capable of distinguishing between different constructs or phenomena.