When the Standard Deviation Has a Negative Value, Then

question 27

Multiple Choice

When the standard deviation has a negative value, then

• A) most scores were above the mean
• B) most scores were below the mean
• C) the distribution is badly skewed
• D) none of these, since the standard deviation can never be negative

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