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cookcarl

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Which statement is usually NOT true about all norm-referenced standardized achievement tests?
 
  a. About 50 percent of all those who take the test will be below the median.
  b. The higher the standard error of measurement, the lower the reliability.
  c. The standard deviations are always the same, regardless of test publishing company.
  d. All of these are true

Question 2

If you convert a group of z-scores to DIQ's, you will:
 
  a. change the distribution on the curve.
  b. decrease the mean.
  c. decrease the median.
  d. keep the original shape of the raw score distribution



kjohnson

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d



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