An Instructor Transforms Her Students' Scores on a Midterm into Standardized

question 121

Multiple Choice

An instructor transforms her students' scores on a midterm into standardized (z) scores. The distribution of standardized scores ______.

• A) is not necessarily symmetrical
• B) has a mean of σ
• C) has a standard deviation of μ
• D) consists of an infinite number of scores

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