A distribution of the strength of attitudes toward legalized abortion has two points of maximum frequency, indicating that many people strongly oppose it and many people strongly support it

Which measure of central tendency are you likely to employ for the purpose of characterizing the strength of attitudes toward legalized abortion?
a. Mode
b. Median
c. Mean


(a) Mode

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The formula for changing a Z score to a raw score is __________

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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After various factors associated with earnings are taken into account, research has found as much as a _______ differential in earnings that is usually attributed to discrimination

a. 7 percent b. 10 percent c. 20 percent d. 35 percent

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Based on the approximate percentages of area under the normal curve, the percentage of scores that lies between the mean and one standard deviation below the mean is

A) 14%. B) 16%. C) 34%. D) 50%.

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The population of Native Americans in the continental United States decreased dramatically by 1890 because ______.

A. warfare and battles led to casualties B. of interracial marriage C. of coercive assimilation D. Native Americans died from a variety of infectious diseases E. Native Americans migrated westward

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