Ishmael and Aliyah were enrolled in different sections of the same course.When Aliyah was taking her midterm exam,there was a lecture being held in the next room.This distracted her and made it difficult for her to concentrate on her exam.When Ishmael wrote his midterm exam,the room next door was empty,and he had no distractions.Which statement best describes the administration of this midterm exam

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The best choice is C because the administration of the exam was not standardized across sections. The fact that the exam-taking conditions were not the same for all students taking the midterm exam in different sections compromises the comparability of scores across sections. This reduces the validity and fairness of the exam. A poor construct validity (choice A) would be due to the exam not measuring what it is supposed to measure, which is not evident from the question. Test norms (choice B) are not relevant to this specific problem. Test-retest reliability (choice D) refers to consistency of scores over time when the same exam is taken multiple times, which is not the issue here.

Ishmael and Aliyah Were Enrolled in Different Sections of the Same