The higher the peak of a normal distribution,
A) the smaller the standard deviation σ.
B) the larger the standard deviation σ.
C) the smaller the value of the mean μ.
D) the larger the value of the mean μ.

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A higher peak in a normal distribution indicates that the data points are more closely clustered around the mean, which means the standard deviation (a measure of spread) is smaller. The mean's value does not determine the peak's height, so options C and D are unrelated to the peak's height.

The Higher the Peak of a Normal Distribution