If a Distribution of Scores Has a Few Extremely Low

question 113

Multiple Choice

If a distribution of scores has a few extremely low scores and no corresponding high scores,which of the following would be TRUE?

• A) The mean would be smaller than the median.
• B) The mean would be larger than the median.
• C) The mean and the median would be equal.
• D) The mean, median, and mode would all be the same.

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