After Grading an Examination, an Instructor Realizes There Is a Wide

question 44

Multiple Choice

After grading an examination, an instructor realizes there is a wide range of ability among her students. She reaches this conclusion because the shape of the distribution is ______.

• A) flat
• B) skewed
• C) abnormal
• D) peaked

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Definitions:

Female Hormones

Chemical substances, such as estrogen and progesterone, produced mainly by the ovaries that regulate female reproductive functions and secondary sex characteristics.

Haploid

Having one of each type of chromosome characteristic of the species.

Diploid

Referring to a cell that contains two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, typical of the body's somatic cells.

Zygote

A zygote is the initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by sexual reproduction, following the fusion of male and female gametes.