Chapter 5 pointed out that the SAT has a problem with validity. Why is this issue relevant for the psychology of women?
a. The SAT is not correlated with their grades in middle school.
b. The scores predict that women will score higher in math courses than in English courses, yet they actually score higher in English.
c. Women actually receive higher math grades than men do in college, yet their math SAT scores are lower.
d. The SAT math scores are valid, but the SAT verbal scores are not.
Question 2
Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the term validity?
a. Molly: Validity measures the size of the gender difference on some task..
b. Yuka: Validity measures whether people earn the same score when they take the same test on two separate occasions..
c. Luke: Validity means that a test measures what it is supposed to measure..
d. Bella: Validity means that the testing situation was approximately the same for every person who takes the test..
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