When Carla Plotted the Distribution of Scores in Her Data

question 17

Multiple Choice

When Carla plotted the distribution of scores in her data, she found that the score that fell exactly in the middle and divided the distribution exactly in half was 50. In this case, the score of50 is the:

• A)range.
• B)mode.
• C)mean.
• D)median.

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