What type of scales classify numbers into a set in which each number is either less than, equal to, or greater than every other number.
What is ordinal scales.
100
_________is the number that occurs most often.
What is mode.
100
reliability
What is the consistency of test results?
100
What is the most common system of grading in the USA today?
What is letter grades.
200
What year did the No Child Left Behind Act come about?
What is 2001
200
___________are symbols that can take on a variety of numerical values.
What is variables.
200
Stating the _________ is another way for a person to refer to the average.
What is mean?
200
True or False
Test results that have high reliability can have low validity.
What is true.
200
What grading system result in a final grade of either pass (P) or fail (F)?
What is pass/fail grades.
300
Who furthered the work of Francis Galton by refining instruments to measure human intelligence?
What is Alfred Binet.
300
What type of graph would be used to create a frequency polygon?
What is a line graph.
300
What are three measures of central tendency?
What is mean, median, and mode.
300
reliability coefficient
What is an estimate of the reliability of test results?
300
What type of computer document could a teacher create in order to simplify his or her grading?
What is a spreadsheet.
400
What period opened the door for a scienfific explosion in which scientists such as Charles Darwin explained their ideas of natural selection?
What is the Enlightenment period.
400
True or false
Looking at a normal distribution, would an IQ of 70 be show giftedness?
What is false.
400
If Betsy had an IQ score that was two standard deviations below the mean, would she be referred for special education?
What is yes.
400
What is the split=halves method sometimes known as?
What is coefficient of internal consistency.
400
Distributing blue books or special paper so taht you can keep close track of materials befoe and after the examinations is a preventatinve strategy know as_________________.
What is preventing cheating?
500
What government agency administered the first civil service examination to its citizens in 2000 BC?
What is the Chinese Government.
500
True or False
If a graph of students' grades is negatively skewed that means the majority of the students had A's and B's.
What is true.
500
What is the mean of the following number: 8, 9, 10, 6, 4, 5, 8, and 10?
What is 7.5
500
What is a better method of calculating a reliability estimate than are the test-retest method and the alternate-forms method?
What is method of reational equivalence.
500
This type of grading system has an advantage of showing the variation between high and low scores?