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RODY.ELKHALIL

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If a distribution is severely skewed, then which measure of central tendency is preferred?
 
  a. Median
  b. Mode
  c. Mean
  d. None is necessarily preferred, because skewness affects each of them equally.

Question 2

A decrease in task performance due to fatigue or boredom over repeated task measurements refers to effects.
 
  a. practice
  b. treatment carry-over
  c. between-subjects
  d. repetition


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mammy1697

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Reply #1 on: Aug 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Aug 2, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 2, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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