The greater the skew of a distribution of scores, ________.
A) the lower the value of the standard deviation.
B) the higher the value of the standard deviation.
C) the lower the value of the range.
D) None of the answer choices: measures of variation are not affected by skew.

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Skewness increases the variability of the distribution in one direction, which results in a higher standard deviation. The range would not necessarily be affected by skew.

The Greater the Skew of a Distribution of Scores, ________