A Bell-Shaped Curve That Happens to Describe Many Frequency Distributions

question 28

Multiple Choice

A bell-shaped curve that happens to describe many frequency distributions that occur in nature is called a:

• A) scattergram
• B) bar graph
• C) skewed distribution
• D) normal curve

---

Definitions:

Royal Decrees

Official orders or proclamations issued by a sovereign or government authority, having the force of law.

Rent Payments

Monetary or other compensation given periodically by a tenant to a landlord in exchange for the use of land or property.

Cotton Industry

A sector of the economy focused on the production, processing, and trading of cotton, a key material in the textile industry, historically significant for its role in industrialization.

Death Rate

A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, expressed per thousand or per hundred thousand, over a specified time period.