When you know nothing about a person's academic ability and have to make an estimate, the best strategy is to make the prediction based on the
A)mean of a known sample.
B)Z scores of each person in the sample.
C)criterion scores.
D)correlation coefficient.

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When you lack specific information about an individual's academic ability, the most rational strategy is to predict based on the mean (average) of a known sample. This approach uses the central tendency of a group as the best guess for an individual, assuming the individual is similar to the average person in the group.

When You Know Nothing About a Person's Academic Ability and Have