A Research Team Studied the Rate at Which Infants in the Three

question 24

Multiple Choice

A research team studied the rate at which infants in the three different countries vocalized distress. Below are the scores from each country. Which group of infants showed the highest mean rate of distress vocalization over the 45-minute observation period? Country A: 9, 9, 10, 13, 8, 8, 11, 11, 10, 7, 13, 6, 18, 9, 9, 12, 13, 10, 5, 14
Country B: 15, 15, 16, 19, 14, 14, 17, 17, 16, 13, 19, 12, 18, 10, 10, 15, 15, 2, 2, 5
Country C: 4, 6, 20, 17, 15, 30, 18, 18, 25, 2, 29, 17, 16, 35, 19, 1, 30, 25, 16, 15

• A)Country A
• B)Country B
• C)Country C
• D)Countries B and C were equal

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