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. What is meant by the term "measurement error" in science?

Deliberate mistakes made by researchers correct incorrect

Careless mistakes made by researchers when collecting data correct incorrect

Deviations from the true value correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true of the range rule?

It is rule that leads to a sensitive measure of the variability in the data correct incorrect

It is a relatively simple calculation, but not always accurate correct incorrect

It is reliable and accurate correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are the necessary components to obtain the standard deviation of a dataset?

The range and mean correct incorrect

The mean and the sample size correct incorrect

The median, the number of observations, and the range correct incorrect

The variance correct incorrect

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. The Interquartile Range is generally better than the range as a measure of variability because...

it takes less of the data into account correct incorrect

it takes the entire dataset into account correct incorrect

it does not ignore the values in the middle of the dataset correct incorrect

it does not ignore the mean or the median correct incorrect

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. The mean of a dataset is 5, what is the deviation score for an individual who scored 3?

2 correct incorrect

-2 correct incorrect

8 correct incorrect

There is insufficient information to calculate the student's deviation score. correct incorrect