The Correct Description of the Mean Is

question 39

Multiple Choice

The correct description of the mean is

• A)the sum of the scores that is most frequent in a distribution.
• B)the middle score if all the scores are ordered from lowest to highest.
• C)the average of the squared deviations from the median.
• D)the sum of the scores divided by the number of scores.

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