The score that falls in the middle of all the scores on a test, leaving half of the scores above it and the other half of the scores below it, is called the __________.
A) standard deviation
B) mean
C) median
D) mode

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The definition given describes the median. The standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the data is from the mean. The mean is the average of all the scores. The mode is the score that appears most frequently in the data set. However, none of these definitions match the description given, making C the correct choice.

The Score That Falls in the Middle of All the Scores