A Number That Describes a "Typical Score" Around Which Other

question 75

Multiple Choice

A number that describes a "typical score" around which other scores fall is called a measure of

• A) variability.
• B) central tendency.
• C) normality.
• D) cohesion.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a dataset deviate from the mean.

Nonconforming Items

Products or outputs that do not meet the specified standards or quality criteria.

Samples

Selected portions or subsets of a population, used in statistical analysis to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

P-charts

Control charts used for monitoring the proportion of defective units in a process over time.