If a Researcher Were to Subtract the Mean of a Distribution

question 53

Multiple Choice

If a researcher were to subtract the mean of a distribution from each score in that distribution and add the differences,the resulting value would _____.

• A)be equal to the median
• B)always be zero
• C)be greater than the mode
• D)depend upon the scores that make up the distribution

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