Assessing the ability of blind and partially sighted people: are psychometric tests fair? 1. Introduction Psychometric or standardised tests are assessments that measure knowledge‚ abilities‚ attitudes and personality traits. They are used in education and recruitment and can consist of written‚ online or oral tests. Blind and partially sighted individuals are potentially disadvantaged by the use of these tests. RNIB is often approached by teachers and parents concerned about the use
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smear was prepared by use a sterile transfer loop that been flamed to removes some bacteria from slant agar and placed on the slide; mixed with one drop of water and let air dried. After dried‚ heat fixation the slide by passed the slide over a flame quickly 2-3 times to stick bacteria to the slide. Next‚ the smear was sequence covered with crystal violet‚ iodine‚ 95% ethanol‚ and safranin; each reagent was rinsed with water after 1 minute. When decolorized with 95% ethanol‚ the smear was slowly
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DUCAT Java Test (Batch 10:30 to 12:30) Duration 1 Hr Q1. class B { public static void main (String[] args) { for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { switch (i) { case 0: System.out.print("A"); case 1: System.out.print("B"); case 2: System.out.print("C"); }}}} What is the result of attempting to compile and run the program? a) Print ABC b) Print ABCC c) Print CBA d) Print ABCBCC e) Runtime error f) Compile time error Answer d) Q2. Which access modifier is used with class name a) Class can be
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Stroop Test Applied to College Students Serah J Narine Binghamton University METHODS Materials The materials that were needed for the experiment were minimal. The materials include a visual aid for the participants to look at the different combinations of the words’ congruence and orientation. A classroom will be needed to administer the experiments which will need enough desks to seat all of the university-level participants‚ the visual aid for the slides and a timer that the TA will
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taught. The results of these assessments determine a student’s overall understanding or mastery of the assessed subject. According to the Eberly Center of Teaching Excellence‚ “The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes‚ which means that they have a high point value.” Harlen and Crick (2003) stated that “High stakes‚ high-standards tests do not have
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who struggles to pay her bills. Tina serves martinis to Susan. Susan is no more intelligent than Tina‚ but Susan is a millionaire. If not intelligence‚ then what explains the difference between wealth and financial lack? And what do sticky‚ gooey marshmallows have to do with it? In the 1960s‚ Stanford University psychology researcher Walter Mischel conducted a longitudinal study. Mischel placed marshmallows in front of hungry four-year-old children. He told them they could have one marshmallow
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The T-TEST 1.0 INTRODUCTION The t-test was developed by W. S. Gossett‚ a statistician employed at the Guinness brewery. However‚ because the brewery did not allow employees to publish their research‚ Gossett’s work on the t-test appears under the name "Student". The t-test is sometimes referred to as "Student’s t-test." Gossett was a chemist and was responsible for developing procedures for ensuring the similarity of batches of Guinness. The t-test was developed as a way of measuring how closely
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A Test of Faith Job was the perfect man; a model of integrity and piety‚ ambition and honor. He probably even flossed every day. We are told in the beginning of the story that Job is flawless‚ but as time progresses I found myself second guessing this fact. Job’s friends were insistent that he had wronged‚ that he was hiding some huge sin which caused God to punish him the way He had. I found myself wondering; what’s the twist? What did Job do? Perhaps from reading too many mystery novels‚ I figured
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TEST 5/2/15 Choose the word phrase that best complete each sentence. 1: Everyone can join our club‚ _______age and sex. A. in place of B. regardless of C. in case of D. not mention 2: The total cost to renovate the building was $13.75 million‚ ____ double the original estimate. A. mostly B. most all C. the most D. almost 3: He went _________ a bad cold just before Christmas. A. in for B. over C. through D. down with 4: ________ wait for no man. A. Tide and fire B. Time and tide C.
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scientific study. In statistics‚ a result is called statistically significant if it has been predicted as unlikely to have occurred by chance alone‚ according to pre-determined threshold probability‚ the significance level. Statistical hypothesis tests define a procedure that controls (fixes) the probability of incorrectly deciding that a default position (null hypothesis) is incorrect based on how likely it would be for a set of observations to occur if the null hypothesis were true. The null hypothesis
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