Why Does the Normal Distribution Have a Bell Shape

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why does the normal distribution have a bell shape?

• A) because all scores occur with equal frequency
• B) because low scores are more frequent than high scores
• C) because high scores are more frequent than low scores
• D) because scores near the mean are most frequent and extreme scores are rare

Understand the basic concepts and branches of linguistics.

Differentiate between animal communication systems and human language.

Identify context effects in language at various levels.

Distinguish between the smallest units of language, including phonemes and morphemes.