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require students to take the ACT or SAT for college admission purposes. According to the New York Times, “1,666,017 students took the ACT last year; 1,664,479 took the SAT”. College admissions are getting more competitive as years go on and SAT and ACT scores have a large impact on whether or not a student is admitted to a certain college. According to Fairtest.org, “these tests are created for a wealthy, Caucasian, male to succeed.” Sitting…

Jaikob volunteered to participate in a practice administration of the Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ IV COG), a requirement for the examiner’s graduate school course in cognitive assessment. The examiner obtained written consent from Jaikob’s mother, Shannon Smith, before beginning the assessment. Jaikob is the brother of one sister who is one year younger than him. No developmental or medical concerns were reported. Jaikob is currently enrolled in Isla Vista elementary,…

collected from the patient’s clinical records and treatment chart. RASS: Level of consciousness was assessed with the use of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), on which scores range…

They are used to determine the lowest possible score that can be acquired when taking the survey in order to divide the data collected. Two types of cut-off scores are, relative cut-off scores and fixed cut-off scores. Relative cut-off scores are used to divide the information into two or more classifications and they are based upon norm-related considerations instead of the relationships that may be present within the survey scores. Fixed cut-off scores are used to group information that is…

Introduction Subjective wellbeing is the affect balance that combines one’s moods, emotions, and feelings. It is the evaluation of an individual’s overall health and wellbeing through their own interpretation of positive and negative life experiences. One’s subjective wellbeing is usually measured by self-report via the use of questionnaires. Consequently, the validity of the study can be skewed if participants misrepresent the truth by fabricating results. Participants, who feel embarrassed or…

follow-up at the end of the year will differ which is a limitation of the study. The primary analysis will be between control groups pre and post-test scores and experimental participant pre-test, post-concussion and follow-up test scores. The control group is used to assess the validity of the battery, ensuring the scores baseline and follow-up scores are the same. Participants will be recruited as they are representative of the population being studied and the concussive circumstances in…

Overall on this task Matthew scored within the Below Average range (standard score = 75). Matthew missed earlier items meant for his age and had to be even items for a younger age to complete task. He had difficulties with substituting the part of a words and providing a word using the smallest element sounds. Also, when Matthew recalling words with the “d” and “m” sounds, he took breaks in between words, which impacted his score.…

understand how they will interact. This paper will compare and contrast Japan and Germany 's cultures and how their cultural differences affect work relationships. Japanese Cultural Scores Similar to other Asian cultures, Japanese culture relies heavily on collectivism and loyalty to the group. In fact, Japan scores 46 in Individualism (based on Hofstede 's research) which indicates a collectivistic society (Hofstede, n.d.). Japanese people are fiercely loyal to their companies and family…

thing going through my mind was that this test is to easy i should make a good score. When i got to the math portion of the…

received feedback from those who participated in the trial saying that it was much better than the standardized test. Standardized test scores don’t entirely predict a students whole college career. Many people become nervous before a big test; however, “students from a lower socioeconomic or less-sophisticated background” often get intimidated by the test and score poorly. Several major outcomes have been noticed by different studies on the effectiveness of college students success rate from…