A student notes that she scored a lot higher on the AP Psychology exam than she did on her psychology teachers tests. She would be justified in claiming that the teachers tests lack

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A student notes that she scored a lot higher on the AP Psychology exam than she did on her psychology teacher’s tests. She would be justified in claiming that the teacher’s tests lack

A	reliability
B	criterion validity
C	content validity
D	predictive validity
E	factor analysis

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Achievement tests: Tests designed to assess current performance in an ability. Speed tests: Tests that assess quickness of problem solving by offering many questions in limited time. Power tests: Tests with questions of increasing difficulty, used to assess the highest-difficulty problem a person can solve.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reliability refers to the ability to consistently find similar results when a test is repeatedly administered in similar conditions. High validity and high reliability will ensure that a test accurately determines what it claims to determine, and that its findings are not simply caused by random chance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reliability vs. Validity. While validity examines how well a test measures what it is intended to measure, reliability refers to how consistent the results are.

Detailed explanation-4: -The College Board reports that over 70% of AP Psych test-takers earn a passing score. Based on test scores, AP Psychology ranks about average in difficulty.

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