Two students from two different schools recently took a science test.The first student correctly answered 34 questions and the second student correctly answered 48 questions.What can be concluded from the two students' test scores?
A) The second student is smarter than the first student.
B) The two students did equally well on the exam.
C) The two students cannot be compared because no standardization procedure was used to permit comparisons.
D) The two students cannot be compared because the scores did not form a linear curve.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Without knowing the total number of questions on the test, or how the scores were standardized, it is impossible to compare the scores of the two students. Therefore, it is not possible to conclude that one student is smarter than the other or that they did equally well on the exam.

Two Students from Two Different Schools Recently Took a Science