Following His Review of a Number of Large Data Sets

question 54

Multiple Choice

Following his review of a number of large data sets obtained from measures widely used in psychology research,Micceri concluded that most of the distributions

• A)closely approximated the normal curve.
• B)were skewed to the left due to pronounced ceiling effects.
• C)were much flatter (kurtotic)than the normal curve.
• D)were not normal.

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