Joe had a score of 72 on the Counseling Aptitude Scale, and the standard error of measurement of the scale is 3. Where would we expect Tom’s true score to fall 99.5 percent of the time?

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Joe had a score of 72 on the Counseling Aptitude Scale, and the standard error of measurement of the scale is 3. Where would we expect Tom’s true score to fall 99.5 percent of the time?
 a.	71 to 73
 b.	69 to 75
 c.	66 to 78
 d.	63 to 81
 I selected A because of error is 3

PsyDAG · Answer

With an error of 3, how do you get ±1? Disagree,because 99.5% encompasses 3 times the standard error.

Anonymous · Answer

correct answer is D