Organizing and Summarizing Data If the Standard Deviation of a Distribution

question 8

Multiple Choice

Organizing and Summarizing Data If the standard deviation of a distribution of test scores is 3 points, this means that

• A)the average score was 3.
• B)the average deviation score was 3.
• C)three scores were above the mean and three scores were below the mean.
• D)we can expect subjects in the group to deviate from the group mean by an average of 3 points.

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