A Small Degree of Variability and a Small Standard Deviation

question 144

Multiple Choice

A small degree of variability and a small standard deviation within a set of scores suggests:

• A) greater heterogeneity.
• B) greater homogeneity.
• C) greater discrepancy.
• D) greater randomness.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Principle

A theory in psychology that describes how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied.

Closure

The act of bringing an emotional or psychological sense of resolution to a traumatic or significant event.

Depth Perception

The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.

Continuity

The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.