Jayesh has just created a new intelligence test.As soon as he is finished designing the test he administers it to a classroom of 300 introductory psychology students and gives them each a score.How meaningful are the scores that Jayesh gives the students?
A) Meaningful; because he administered it to the entire class the scores can be compared to each other.
B) Meaningful; because there were probably people of different ethnic origins in the class so, the scores can be assumed to function the same among different people, and the test is standardized.
C) Not meaningful; because there were probably people of different ethnic origins in the class, a different scoring system must be used for each ethnic group.
D) Not meaningful; a test would have to be administered to many more people and many people from different ethnic origins before it could be considered standardized.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

For a test to be considered standardized, it must follow a specific set of guidelines including being administered to a large and diverse population. Administering the test to only one class of introductory psychology students is not enough to ensure that it is a valid and reliable measure of intelligence. Therefore, the scores are not meaningful.

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