SOLUTION: In a mathematics class, half of the students scored 48 on an achievement test. With the exception of a few students who scored 74, the remaining students scored 50. Which of the fo

Question 1043712: In a mathematics class, half of the students scored 48 on an achievement test. With the exception of a few students who scored 74, the remaining students scored 50. Which of the following statements is true about the distribution of scores?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
48:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
50:xxxxxxxxxxxx
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74:xxx
This can be referred to as a highly skewed right distribution.
It has essentially two modes, one at 48 and one at 50.
The median is 49 and the mean not much greater.
Aside from a few scores at 74, the rest of the scores were 48 and 50, which describes the distribution the best to me.
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