Cultural Bias Analysis

Over nearly 100 years ago the first IQ test was developed by French psychologist Alfred Binet. Since then people have always wondered if there were to be a way to use as test that could measure ones intelligence and not show any cultural bias. The truth is that creating one of these standardized tests can be quite difficult to accomplish with no cultural bias. One major reason for this is that language in itself is a cultural barrier for many. By doing some intelligence tests which make non-mainstream cultural assumptions, students can come to experience some of the difficulties and issues involved with culturally biased methods of testing intelligence. It is really difficult to create a standardized test that grades ones intelligence without

When the scores among one group become significantly higher and more predictable over another group this is where bias validity comes in. Which is when performance is highly predicted over one time for one group. Most test biases are blamed to cultural bias. Cultural bias is the view to which a test takes credit from or offends some students based on their ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic status. People have studied many types of test bias that affect validity and precision of test results with biases such as construct, method and item

Method bias points to parts outside the administration of the test that may impact the results. The testing environment, length of test and assistance provided by the teacher administrating the test are all factors that may lead to method bias. For example, if a student from one culture is used to, and expects to, receive assistance on standardized tests, but is faced with a situation in which the teacher is unable to provide any guidance, this may lead to inaccurate test results. Additionally, if the test-taker is used to a more relaxed testing environment, such as one that includes moving around the room freely and taking breaks, then an American style of standardized testing administration, where students are expected to sit quietly and work until completion, is likely to cause difficulty in performance. Again, this could yield results that may be an inaccurate representation of that student's