Heritability Is Best Defined as

question 280

Multiple Choice

Heritability is best defined as

• A) the extent to which differences between people in measures of a trait are due to genetic factors.
• B) the degree to which an individual's chromosomes contribute to a given trait.
• C) the extent to which a given trait is malleable with environmental manipulations.
• D) the degree to which a given trait will be pass on to the offspring of two reproducing adults.

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Definitions:

Construct Validity

The degree to which an assessment or tool accurately gauges the theoretical idea or construct it aims to assess.

Error Score

The difference between the observed score and the true score.

True Score

The true score in measurement theory is the actual score that perfectly reflects the corresponding attribute or quantity without any measurement error.

Observed Score

The actual score or value obtained from measuring or testing an individual's performance or trait.