The standard deviation is:
a. the arithmetic average.
b. the middle score in a distribution after the scores have been ordered from highest to lowest orlowest to highest
c. the square root of the average squared deviation from the mean.
d. the difference between the lowest and highest score in a distribution.
c
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a. A law b. A paradigm c. Social Construction d. Temporal precedence
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A. cost and complication B. religious approval and secular approval C. risk and reward D. Institutional Review Board approval and subject approval
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A) strong emphasis is placed on romance and "fairy tale" love. B) individuals are less practical about love and marriage. C) passionate love for the spouse is correlated with marital satisfaction. D) people tend to have less happy marriages than in individualistic cultures. E) marriage is not considered an important part of life.