A standardized assessment's norm group excluded people with disabilities. How should the counselor treat score interpretation for a VR client?
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Short Explanation
Norms are the comparison crowd on the bleachers. If people like your client never made the bleachers, that percentile can mislead. Read the score gently and say out loud what the comparison group left out.
Full Explanation
Norm-referenced interpretation depends on how well the norm sample represents the examinee population. When people with disabilities are excluded from norms, score meaning and fairness for VR clients can be limited. Counselors should interpret such results cautiously, document constraints, and avoid overclaiming precision or diagnostic certainty.