The testing company has hired qualified people in the field to administer the new test bank to subjects of different ages and ethnic backgrounds. They need a sizable number of scores from inner city, urban, and country/small town subjects. Their goal is to gather sufficient data for test:


a. validity.
b. reliability.
c. performance.
d. standardization.

From what I read and understood I think it is c.

4 answers

I'm with Ms Sue. Check out her link and try again.

See:
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1321585740
I think my link doesn't apply to this question.

Isn't the researcher trying to standardize this test?
Oops, I am no expert in the field.

I thought sample demography should correspond with the real world to be valid.
Standardization. They are developing norms for comparison.