Professor Kim Creates a Frequency Distribution of Exam Scores from Her

question 219

Multiple Choice

Professor Kim creates a frequency distribution of exam scores from her class of 300 students.Possible scores on the exam ranged from zero to 100.What should be displayed on the vertical axis?

• A)the number of times each possible score occurred
• B)each possible score
• C)the mean of the 1,000 scores
• D)the categorical labels "Not Depressed" and "Depressed"

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Definitions:

Realistic Expectations

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