Question

Bob is a clinician who developed a new measure to diagnose attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The assessment is designed to assess problems with attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. He gave it to a representative sample of children ages 6–18. For what purpose did Bob use the sample?

Answer 1

Answer:

Standardization

Explanation:

Standardization is creating standards to guide the creation of goods or services based on the consensus of all of the relevant parties in the industries. It also helps in ensuring the safety, interoperability, and compatibility of the resources. It is putting different variables on the same scale. This process allows comparing the scores between different types of variables To standardize the variables, to calculate the mean and deviations of the variables. This score represents a standard of the score that represents several standard deviations above the mean that is specific observation falls.  

For example, A standardized value of 2 indicates that observation falls two standardization above the mean.