13.

Describe a variable that would likely result in a positively skewed distribution. Justify your rationale, using example numbers for the mean, median, and mode.

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14.

Describe a variable that would likely result in platykurtic distribution. Justify your rationale making sure to describe the dispersion of scores.

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15.

If you are looking at scores on an exam and they seem rather normally distributed except for one extremely low score, what would be the most appropriate measure of central tendency to describe the distribution?

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16.

Where would you go within an introduction to find the rationale, problem statement, and hypothesis (near the beginning, middle, or end)? (see M1 Introduction to Research Methods presentation for a refresher!).

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17.

Researcher Jane believes she's developed a new measure for stress. How can she measure its construct validity?

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18.

Give an example of a subject / participant variable (review ch. 1).

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