What Is a Challenge Stevenson and Peterson Faced in Their

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is a challenge Stevenson and Peterson faced in their research into the environmental attitudes of middle school students?

• A) They had to write questions students could understand.
• B) They had to avoid creating despair.
• C) Middle school students are usually very self-centered.
• D) Many science teachers refused to take part in the study.

Understand and construct box and whisker plots and interpret the five-number summary.

Recognize the difference and relationship between mean, median, and mode.

Understand and calculate standard deviation and variance as measures of dispersion.

Differentiate measures of central tendency and measures of variation.

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