Cali's Data Set Regarding the Stress Levels of Workers with Green

question 33

Multiple Choice

Cali's data set regarding the stress levels of workers with green cards contains housing expenses.The mean housing expenses is surprisingly low,but then she realizes that a small cohort of workers are live-in employees and report zero housing expense.A more useful measure of central tendency that would not be as impacted by these extremely low,outlying scores would be the ____.

• A)median
• B)frequency
• C)normal distribution
• D)mean

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Definitions:

Stimulus

is any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus required to be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect 50% of the time, reflecting the lowest level of sensory input that is perceptible.

Difference Threshold

The minimum difference in stimulation required to distinguish between two stimuli.