A graduate student takes a Wechsler intelligence test and receives a verbal IQ of 115 by comparing their responses to the responses obtained from thousands of other people of the same age. This ability to derive student's IQ is most strongly associated with which psychometric property of tests?
A)Reliability
B)Validity
C)Internal consistency
D)Standardization

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The ability to derive a student's IQ by comparing their responses to those obtained from thousands of other people of the same age is most strongly associated with standardization. Standardization refers to the process of administering and scoring a test in a consistent, or "standard," manner across all test takers. This ensures that the test results are comparable across individuals, which is crucial for accurately determining where an individual's score falls relative to the normative sample.

A Graduate Student Takes a Wechsler Intelligence Test and Receives