An Index of the Amount of Variability That Exists in a Distribution

question 53

Multiple Choice

An index of the amount of variability that exists in a distribution of scores is the

• A) central tendency.
• B) standard deviation.
• C) frequency distribution.
• D) correlation coefficient.

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