In a square-root transformation:
A)high numbers become very low and low numbers become very high
B)moderate numbers remain unchanged, but low numbers become slightly higher
C)low numbers become much lower and high numbers remain basically unchanged
D)moderate numbers become slightly lower and high numbers become much lower

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In a square-root transformation, the primary effect is to reduce the impact of very high numbers. Moderate numbers might become slightly lower due to the nature of the transformation (since the square root of a number less than 1 is greater than the original number, and the square root of a number greater than 1 is less than the original number), but the most significant change is that high numbers are reduced more substantially, making the data less skewed.

In a Square-Root Transformation