Original Project
Models
There is no guarantee that ideas based solely on a model are correct.
Item MO094001: A model can predict the behavior of the object it represents (e.g. how a roof will perform in a rainstorm), but the predicted behavior may not be exactly the same as the object’s actual behavior because a model is never exactly the same as the object it represents.
Can a model of an object (such as the roof of a house) be used to predict how an object will behave in certain situations (such as in a heavy rainstorm)?
- No, a model is only useful for communicating to others what an object is like, not for making predictions about how an object will behave.
- 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, a model can predict the behavior of the object it represents, but the predicted behavior may not be exactly the same as the object’s actual behavior 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 = 1582 |
6–8 n = 956 |
9–12 n = 626 |
Male n = 758 |
Female n = 793 |
English n = 1449 |
Other n = 108 |
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| A. | 14% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 18% |
| B. | 15% | 15% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 20% |
| C. | 16% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| D. | 55% | 55% | 57% | 50% | 60% | 57% | 43% |