BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
PREDICTING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age
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evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.
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identify clusters of closely related test items.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Factor Analysis-Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test; used to identify dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score.
Detailed explanation-2: -Factor analysis is most commonly used to identify the relationship between all of the variables included in a given dataset.
Detailed explanation-3: -Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors.
Detailed explanation-4: -Factor analysis is a term used to refer to a set of statistical procedures designed to determine the number of distinct unobservable constructs needed to account for the pattern of correlations among a set of measures.