If the Mean Age of a Group of People Is

question 9

Multiple Choice

If the mean age of a group of people is 45 and the median age is 50, what do you know about the distribution of ages?

• A) The age distribution is skewed left.
• B) The age distribution is skewed right.
• C) The age distribution is symmetric.
• D) There is insufficient information to know how ages are distributed.

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Definitions:

Maturation

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.

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