George Collected Achievement Score Data for Each Child from a Middle

question 88

Multiple Choice

George collected achievement score data for each child from a middle school. He has their gender, age, teacher and score on the achievement measure as his data fields.
-George also needs to calculate the measure of variation for achievement score. Which measure should he use?

• A) Standard deviation
• B) Range
• C) Mean
• D) Quartile deviation

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