A Researcher Has Measured Self-Esteem for a Sample of 40

question 23

Multiple Choice

A researcher has measured self-esteem for a sample of 40 first-grade children.If the researcher wanted to divide the children into two equal-sized groups consisting of the high self-esteem kids and the low self-esteem kids,which statistical measure would identify the correct score to serve as the boundary between the high and the low self-esteem groups?

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

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