A dataset in which there are a few unusually high scores but most scores tend to be toward the low end of the distribution is called a ______ distribution
a. normal
b. platykurtic
c. positively skewed
d. negatively skewed
Ans: C
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a. True b. False
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a. To give the students a considerably richer experience than using a table of values to sketch functions by hand. b. To address the needs of the visual learner. c. To allow students to make significant connections to previous learning. d. To use geometry in an algebraic context. e. To make the activity more appealing by using hands-on materials.
Which of the following perspectives about workplace issues represents the dominant cultural perspective in the U.S.?
a. keep work and family separate b. religion should have a significant influence on workplace decisions c. suppress my own needs for the good of the group d. avoid criticism if at all possible
A lot of young preschoolers' comments describe
a. sophisticated features of objects
b. details and cause-and-effect environmental relationships.
c. what they have done and what they are doing.
d. what others are doing wrong.