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_______ is a general name for the representative value of a group of scores. Central tendency When a distribution is skewed to the right__________ the mean is greater than the median. The most common single number in a distribution of scores is the________ Mode Based on the scores 1, 2, 3,...

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PSY 340 -- Exam 1 Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
_______ is a general name for the representative value of a group of scores.


✓ Central tendency




When a distribution is skewed to the right__________


✓ the mean is greater than the median.




The most common single number in a distribution of scores is the________


✓ Mode




Based on the scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 9, and 10, a score 8 is the______


✓ Mode




The _________ is approximately the average that a score differs from the

mean.


✓ Standard Deviation




The first step in figuring the variance is figuring each_________ (the difference

between the score and the mean).

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✓ deviation score




When calculating the variance in a population, you divide the sum of

squared deviations by _________


✓ N




The average of the squared deviations from the mean is called the______


✓ Variance




The median is greater than the mean in a distribution that is____________


✓ skewed to the left.




A measure of the typical or representative value that is not much affected by

outliers is the ________


✓ Mode and Median




The variance is the same as the ________


✓ average of the squared deviations.




The standard deviation is ______ of the variance(s)



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✓ the square root




Which of the following is NOT an advantage of Z scores?


✓ You can easily tell the shape of the scores' distribution




Which of the following would best describe the normal curve?


✓ Unimodal, roughly symmetrical, and bell-shaped.




A statistics professor discovers that the mean score and the mode score for

the latest class exam are the same. This would be possible for which of the

following distribution shapes?


✓ Normal




Blaise Pascal is mainly associated historically with _____


✓ probability theory




The _________ interpretation of probability is the understanding of probability

as the degree of one's certainty that a particular outcome will occur


✓ subjective




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