Question
A teacher wants to find the "average" score of a class that has few extreme high scoring students. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by these high scoring students?
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The correct answer is
Mean
The mean uses every score in its calculation, so extreme high values pull it upward more than the median, which only depends on the middle value(s).
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Important Questions from Construction of Achievement Test
What type of questions asked by a teacher are convergent questions?
What type of questions are divergent questions?
Which of these is a supply type question?
"Fill in the blanks" type of question are ________ type of questions.
- Arrange the following in correct sequential order of duties after testing:
A. Converting raw scores
B. Collecting score cards
C. Constructing norms and Interpreting results
D. Using results and the follow-up
E. Comparing test results with norms and constructing a profile
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