Scores on Tests of Individual Differences, Including Intelligence Test Scores

question 75

Multiple Choice

Scores on tests of individual differences, including intelligence test scores, often follow a pattern in which most scores are in the average range with fewer scores in the extremely high or extremely low range. What is this pattern of distribution of scores called?

• A)the normal distribution
• B)the reliability distribution
• C)the variability distribution
• D)the standard distribution

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