Which Primary Source Might Be Available to Someone Writing a Biography

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which primary source might be available to someone writing a biography of Queen Elizabeth I, who died in the 17th century?

• A)An interview with one of her maids-in-waiting
• B)A previous history written about her
• C)An article about her in a 17th-century publication
• D)A diary written by her

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Definitions:

Range

In statistics, range is the difference between the largest and smallest values in a dataset.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how spread out the data are.

Deviations

Differences between observed values and some reference value, often the mean of the dataset.

Standard Deviation

A gauge for assessing the spread or differentiation of values within a group of data points.