Word: precisionism
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Reliability is a measure of a test's precision from one administration to the next--a gauge of how much noise, or measurement error, it has eliminated. The standard error of measurement for a typical SAT is about 30 points for the math section and 30 for the verbal. That...
Thirty points in either direction is a pretty big swing, but scores on the writing section will be even less reliable: field trials of the New SAT estimate a standard error of measurement of 41 points. That means a kid who gets a 670 may "really" be in the elite...
A Texas cop with sunbaked skin grimly appraises the wedding-chapel murder scene. Nine, 10 bodies--an entire bridal party, including the white-gowned bride--are splayed on the floor amid hundreds of spent shells. The cop detects the fatal precision of professionals in this atrocious tableau: lives dispatched cleanly...
Many people believe that cats are so biologically programmed for survival in the wilderness that they cannot be trained. Asleep, a cat may resemble a throw pillow or a Kliban-style meatloaf, but, awake and hungry, the average feline, one of the most highly evolved predators in the natural world...
“Winning Eastern Sprints was the defining moment of the season. Going into the race the press was talking all about the round-robin at the top,” she added, referring to Brown, Princeton, and Radcliffe. “We stayed focused and rowed with the...