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evelyn o bentley

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Which of the following is a common theory regarding how stereotype threat weakens test performance?
 
  a. Test takers attend to the test administrator's feelings and behaviors.
  b. Test takers feel afraid to do well on the test.
  c. Test takers take longer to read the test instructions to ensure they understand.
  d. Test takers dedicate attention to themselves rather than the test.

Question 2

The standard deviation
 
  a. reflects the similarity among a set of scores.
 b. equals the sum of all scores minus the mean squared.
 c. is an approximation of the average deviation around the mean.
  d. always equals 0.


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nhea

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


evelyn o bentley

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Gracias!

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