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oliviahorn72

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Studies on the effect of the race of the tester have demonstrated that
 
  a. African-American children consistently score higher when they are tested by African-American examiners.
  b. African-American children consistently score lower when they are tested by African-American examiners.
  c. White children consistently score higher when they are tested by White examiners.
  d. the race of the examiner does not have a consistent effect on the test scores of African-American or White children.

Question 2

Explain why just knowing the percent of correct items on a test can be misleading for understanding a participant's performance. How have psychologists dealt with these issues of interpretation?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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