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Multiple Choice



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Question 1.
A person’s weight is measured on which kind of scale?

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Question 2.
Percentiles represent which kind of scale?

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Question 3.
Aggregating students by demographic data such as race/ethnicity and gender relies on which kind of scale?

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Question 4.
Grade equivalents represent which kind of scale?

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Question 5.
Standard scores are represented on which kind of scale?

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Question 6.
Given the following information, determine the raw score. Items attempted: 4, 6, 2, 8, 10; Errors: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3.

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Question 7.
What type of score is determined when a national sample of students of the same age or grade attempts the same items on an assessment?

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Question 8.
Tests designed to compare an individual student’s scores with national averages are called ___.

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Question 9.
Which of the following is NOT a derived score?

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Question 10.
Statistics used to organize and describe data are called _____.

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Question 11.
A hypothetical representation of the way test scores would fall if a particular test was given to every single student of the same age or in the same grade in the population for whom the test was designed.

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Question 12.
Determine the mean of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 13.
Determine the mode of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 14.
Determine the median of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 15.
This measure helps determine how much distance from the mean is typical and how much is considered significant.

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Question 16.
This measure describes how spread out the scores in a distribution are from the mean.

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Question 17.
Determine the range of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 18.
Determine the variance of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 19.
Determine the standard deviation of the following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86.

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Question 20.
On a normal curve, approximately what percentage of scores is found within 2 standard deviations above and below the mean?

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Question 21.
Cognitively, culturally or linguistically diverse groups may have a different mean score than reported for most of the population. When this happens, it is called a _____.

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Question 22.
The following distribution of test scores: 52, 56, 68, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82, 82, 86 would produce what type of distribution?

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Question 23.
How is the following score being expressed? Score = +2 standard deviations

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Question 24.
_____ scores are divided into 10 groups, 10 for the lowest group, 100 for the highest.

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Question 25.
_____ scores are divided into 9 groups, with 5 being the mean and 2 being the standard deviation.

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