The _____ Is the Measure of Central Tendency That Is

question 152

Multiple Choice

The _____ is the measure of central tendency that is most sensitive to extreme values in a distribution.

• A)mode
• B)standard deviation
• C)median
• D)mean

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Definitions:

Stanford-Binet

The widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test.

Intelligence Test Scores

Numerical outcomes derived from assessments designed to measure cognitive abilities, including reasoning, problem-solving, and understanding complex ideas.

Bell-Shaped Pattern

A distribution in statistics that describes how data points are spread across several levels with a peak in the middle; commonly referred to as a normal distribution.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most observations cluster around the central peak and probabilities for values decrease as they move away from the center.