IQ Scores for a Population-Based Sample Usually Fall into a __________

question 54

Multiple Choice

IQ scores for a population-based sample usually fall into a __________ or __________ curve, in which most people fall near the middle and the proportions decrease at the low and high extremes.

• A)normal distribution; bell
• B)camelback; double hill
• C)inverted-U; inverted-V
• D)variance from the mean; absolute value

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