A Report States That the Mean Household Income Last Year

question 32

Multiple Choice

A report states that the mean household income last year for a certain rural county was $46,200 and the median was $54,500. If a histogram were constructed for the incomes of all households in the county, would you expect it to be skewed to the right, to the left, or approximately symmetric?

• A)approximately symmetric
• B)skewed left
• C)skewed right

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Definitions:

Implicit Memory

Retention independent of conscious recollection. (Also called nondeclarative memory.)

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The aspect of memory that involves the intentional recall of information and experiences that one can consciously declare or "know."

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli or signals that help in the recall of memories stored in long-term memory.

Iconic Memories

A type of visual memory that lasts very briefly, usually no more than a split second.