If a graph were constructed for the data resulting from a written exam on which a few students scored low but almost all of the students scored very high, which term would best describe the resulting curve?
A) Mesokurtic
B) Skewed
C) Trimodal
D) Platykurtic

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A skewed curve would be the best fit for this situation as the majority of the scores are high, but there are a few low scores that would cause the curve to be skewed to one side. Mesokurtic and platykurtic both refer to the degree of peakedness of a distribution, and trimodal indicates that there are three distinct peaks in the data, none of which fit this scenario.

If a Graph Were Constructed for the Data Resulting from a Written