When Values for a Variable in a Study That Accumulate

question 34

Multiple Choice

When values for a variable in a study that accumulate outside the normal curve are described as heavy-tailed or light-tailed, this is known as ______.

• A) correlation
• B) abnormalities
• C) outliers
• D) kurtosis

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