Callie has gathered extensive data regarding the working conditions and stress levels of domestic workers in five U.S. cities, including their annual income. She arranges the data from low to high and notes how many workers are in each category using a bar chart. This is called a ____
a. standard deviation
b. frequency distribution
c. normal distribution
d. median
ANSWER:
b
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a. primary drive. c. biological need. b. acquired drive. d. fear.
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