A group of five college students form a study group for their introductory psychology class.They study diligently and for much longer hours than the typical student.These five students are in the same introductory psychology class with 25 other students.If a frequency distribution is taken of study hours,the distribution probably will be:
A)normal.
B)bimodal.
C)negatively skewed.
D)positively skewed.

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The distribution is likely to be positively skewed because the study group's longer study hours are atypical and would create a tail on the higher end of the distribution, indicating that most students study less with a few studying significantly more.

A Group of Five College Students Form a Study Group