Colin and Haley Have Been Together in a Serious Relationship

question 91

Multiple Choice

Colin and Haley have been together in a serious relationship for the past 9 years. They are affectionate with each other, but they are no longer blinded by love and smitten by the thought of each other as they were when they first started dating. Colin and Haley's feeling for each other now can be BEST described as _____ love.

• A) passionate
• B) physical
• C) peripheral
• D) companionate

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Definitions:

Sum of Squared Deviations

The total of the squared differences between each observation and the mean of a dataset.

Standard Deviation

An indicator used to assess the degree to which data points diverge or scatter around the average value.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset, showing the spread of the data.

Mean

An average value that summarizes or represents the central tendency within a data set, determined by dividing the sum of all values by their count.