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Item MO093001:
An architect is designing a house. He has made a set of floor plans and has also used cardboard to make a small-scale version of the house. Which of the following is TRUE?
- The small-scale version of the house is a better model than the floor plans because the more a model looks like the object it represents the better model it is.
- The small-scale version of the house and the floor plans are both equally good models because they both are representing the same object.
- Either the small-scale version of the house or the floor plans could be a better model depending on what model will be used for.
- The floor plans are better models than the small-scale version of the house because models have to be different from the objects they represent in some way.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 1579 |
6–8 n = 996 |
9–12 n = 576 |
Male n = 755 |
Female n = 790 |
English n = 1441 |
Other n = 96 |
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| A. | 19% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 19% | 21% |
| B. | 39% | 39% | 38% | 40% | 38% | 39% | 41% |
| C. | 31% | 28% | 37% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 20% |
| D. | 11% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 19% |