document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182014>Question 1182014</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the following data representing exam scores by four groups of students; explain why group 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would most likely have the highest individual student score on the exam and why group 1 would have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the smallest range of scores. (SD = Standard Deviation)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Class: 1    2    3   4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mean: 76   68   73   70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SD:  2.7  7.5   6.2   3.1  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Group 3 has the second largest mean but also the second largest sd. One sd above the mean produces scores of 78.7, 75.5, 79.2, and 73.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two sd s above the mean, and the disparity only increases.<BR>\n" );
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