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“Norms are the average performance of standardized sample”. This statement is true for which type of tests ?

(I) Personality test

(II) Aptitude test

(III) Achievement test

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This question was previously asked in
MH SET 2020 Paper 2 Philosophy Question Paper (27-Dec-2020)
The correct answer is

(II) and (III) only

Norms in this sense are derived from the average (mean) performance of the standardisation sample, against which an individual's score is interpreted. The word 'performance' signals tests of maximum performance, where responses are right or wrong and the score shows how well a person can do.

(II) Aptitude tests and (III) achievement tests are maximum-performance tests: the norm tells how much a person can do relative to the average performer of the standardisation group (e.g. percentile or grade norms). So the statement holds for both.

(I) Personality tests are tests of typical performance (Cronbach): they have no right or wrong answers and do not measure performance level; their scores describe characteristic tendencies, often interpreted against clinical criterion groups or type categories rather than an 'average performance'. So the statement does not apply to them.

Hence, the answer is (II) and (III) only.

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