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Relatively few scores fall at the high end of the distribution
a) Kurtosis
b) Positively Skewed
c) Negatively Skewed
d) Effect Size

The steepness of a distribution in its center
a) Kurtosis
b) Variability
c) Skewness
d) Variance

Stretching the skewed curve into the shape of a normal curve and creating a corresponding scale of standard scores
a) Coefficient of determination
b) Correlation relation
c) Normalizing a distribution
d) Normalized standard score scale

Contain equal intervals between numbers
a) Interval scales
b) Ordinal scales
c) Ratio scales
d) Nominal scales

A straightforward, unmodified accounting of performance
a) Z score
b) Raw score
c) Average deviation
d) Variance

The interquartile range divided by 2
a) Standard scores
b) Median
c) Interval scales
d) Semi-interquartile range

Interval scales with a true zero point
a) Ratio scales
b) Ordinal scales
c) Nominal scales
d) Interval scales

The collective influence of all factors on a test score beyond those specifically measured
a) Errors
b) Skewness
c) Outliers
d) Variance

Numerical index that expresses the relationship between variables
a) Correlation coefficients
b) Variability
c) Standard deviation
d) Effect size

Statistically combining information across studies to produce single estimates of the data under study
a) Meta-Analysis
b) Blinding
c) Cohen's D
d) Effect Size

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