AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After analyzing thousands of surveys, how would educational researchers likely find reading level and G.P.A. to be related?
A
Positive
B
Negative
C
No correlation
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Summative assessments-tests, quizzes, and other graded course activities that are used to measure student performance. They are cumulative and often reveal what students have learned at the end of a unit or the end of a course.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assessment is the systematic basis for making inferences about the learning and development of students. It is the process of defining, selecting, designing, collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and using information to increase students’ learning and development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surveys are important in education research because they can provide quantitative descriptions of the characteristics, behaviors, and attitudes of students, teachers, principals, parents, district leaders, and other specific populations.

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