Which of the following would constitute the strongest evidence that a particular IQ test is biased against, say, women?

A) On the average, men get a higher score than women do on this test.
B) Women with a given IQ score get better grades in school, on the average, than men with the same IQ score.
C) The authors and distributors of the test were mostly men.
D) Women with a given IQ score get lower grades in school, on the average, than men with the same IQ score.

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Natalie De Los Santos · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The fact that women with a given IQ score receive better grades on average than men with the same score suggests that there may be factors other than intelligence that are affecting test performance, and thus raises the possibility that the test is biased against women. A is merely a descriptive statement that could be due to a variety of factors, while C and D are only weakly related to the issue of bias in the test itself.

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