DrCirella Measures the Throwing Distance of a Group of Grade

question 87

Multiple Choice

Dr.Cirella measures the throwing distance of a group of Grade 8 students,and finds that the average distance for the boys is greater than that for the girls.If he also wanted to know how much the scores vary within each group,what statistic should he use?

• A) mean
• B) standard deviation
• C) correlation coefficient
• D) probability statistic

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