When New Scores That Are Close to the Mean Are

question 66

Multiple Choice

When new scores that are close to the mean are added to any distribution, there is a fairly high probability that the range will

• A) remain unaffected
• B) be reduced
• C) be increased
• D) new scores may never be added to a distribution

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