University administrators are presented with mixed evidence that a recent initiative to increase first-year success among its students has been effective. Based on results from the psychological literature, the administrators probably will decide to:
A) discontinue the program in the absence of clear evidence of effectiveness.
B) reduce funding for the program as a result of the ambiguous evidence.
C) continue to fund the program fully for one additional year with the intent to discontinue the program if the data next year are inconclusive.
D) continue to fund the program as a result of perceived encouraging evidence of effectiveness.
D) continue to fund the program as a result of perceived encouraging evidence of effectiveness.
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a. A histogram b. A bar graph c. A frequency polygon d. A frequency distribution
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