Rachel compares the math skills of boys and girls in the sixth grade. She administers a series of math problems to both groups and asks them to solve as many problems as they can within a 15-minute time period. She finds that both groups were able to answer only 2% of the problems. The result obtained can be due to the _____ effect.

A) performance
B) practice
C) ceiling
D) floor

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Divyanshi Agarwal · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The result is due to the floor effect, which occurs when a task is so difficult that the majority of participants score very low, making it hard to distinguish between high and low performers.

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