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. Which of the following measures of central tendencies is most sensitive to every datum in a dataset?

mean correct incorrect

median correct incorrect

mode correct incorrect

all are equally sensitive correct incorrect

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. In a positive skewed distribution, which best describes the relationship between the median, mode, and mean?

mode > mean > median correct incorrect

mean > mode > median correct incorrect

mean > median > mode correct incorrect

median > mean > mode correct incorrect

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. Where are the three measures of central tendency located on a normal distribution, relative to one another?

The mean and median are close, and the mode depends on the sample. correct incorrect

The data are symmetrically distributed around the mean, but not the median. correct incorrect

The mean, median, and mode are all the same. correct incorrect

Simply knowing that the data are normally distributed is not informative as to where the mean, median, and mode lie, relatively to one another. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a normal distribution?

It is symmetric on both sides. correct incorrect

The mean, median, and mode, are very close in their numeric value. correct incorrect

The distribution has two tails. One of them stretches out longer than the other. correct incorrect

The median is generally much smaller than the mode, in numeric value. correct incorrect

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. Means are generally useful for...

Data on nominal, ordinal, and interval scales. correct incorrect

Data on any measurement scale. correct incorrect

Data on interval and ratio scales. correct incorrect

Data on interval scales only. correct incorrect