CLEP Intro Edu Psych

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John works for a government agency. He is conducting research to find the average income among Asian women ages 30-50 working in San Francisco. What type of norm does this describe?
  1. Age norms
  2. Grade norms
  3. National norms
  4. Subgroup norms
Explanation
Answer: D - Subgroup norms represent the norms for a segmented population. Normative samples can include specific ages, races, religions, levels of education, political affiliations or any other demographic variable. In this example, John’s subgroup may have a very different income than people with different demographic variables.
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