A Distribution of Scores in Which Almost the Entire Class

question 19

Multiple Choice

A distribution of scores in which almost the entire class scored very low, but a few students scored fairly high would be ______.

• A)positively skewed
• B)negatively skewed
• C)unskewed
• D)normally distributed

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Definitions:

Skewed Distributions

Probability distributions where the values are not symmetrically distributed around the mean, indicating a deviation from the normal distribution.

T Procedures

Statistical methods that involve the use of the t-distribution, commonly used for hypothesis testing or estimating the mean of a population when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.

Sample Size

The number of observations or items selected from a population to form a sample for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Standard Errors

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the precision of sample estimates.