How Can a Group with a Large Membership Be Hampered

question 59

Multiple Choice

How can a group with a large membership be hampered by its own size from gaining power and influence?

• A) Large groups tend to be viewed with less credibility by the people.
• B) A larger group that is internally divided is less likely to be successful than a smaller group.
• C) When a large group is dispersed across a state, there is no strong concentration of power.
• D) Large groups tend to lose their strength when too many members have a say in policy.
• E) Large groups require enormous amounts of money to sustain them which is not guaranteed.

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Measurements

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Interquartile Range

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A term used in descriptive statistics and boxplot construction, referring to a value below which lies an outlier in a dataset, typically calculated as Q1 - 1.5*IQR, where Q1 is the first quartile and IQR is the interquartile range.