The 45 students in your psychology section took the test.Your instructor adds together the scores made by these students and divides by 45 to obtain the
A) median.
B) mode.
C) range.
D) mean.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mean is obtained by adding all the scores and dividing by the number of students, which is the process described in the question. The median is the middle score when the scores are listed in order, the mode is the most frequent score, and the range is the difference between the highest and lowest scores. None of these concepts require averaging the scores as in finding the mean.

The 45 Students in Your Psychology Section Took the Test