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Models
There is no guarantee that ideas based solely on a model are correct.
Item MO070004: A model of an object can be used to predict how an object will behave, but the prediction may not be the same as the actual behavior of the object because a model is never exactly like the object it represents.
Can a model of an object be used to predict how an object will behave?
- No, a model is only useful for communicating to others what an object is like, not for making predictions about an object.
- No, predictions made with a model are never useful because a model is never exactly the same as the object it represents.
- Yes, a model will behave exactly as the object it is representing behaves because a model is exactly the same as the object it represents.
- Yes, but the predicted behavior of the object may not be the same as the actual behavior of the object because a model is never exactly the same as the object it represents.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3006 |
6–8 n = 1851 |
9–12 n = 1155 |
Male n = 1463 |
Female n = 1483 |
English n = 2672 |
Other n = 263 |
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| A. | 23% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 24% |
| B. | 18% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| C. | 14% | 15% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 23% |
| D. | 45% | 41% | 51% | 44% | 46% | 47% | 33% |