The greater the variability in a set of scores,
A)the less accurately the scores are represented by the mean.
B)the more accurately the scores are represented by the mean.
C)the more similar and consistently close they are to the mean.
D)the less similar and more consistently close they are to the mean.

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The greater the variability in a set of scores, the more dispersed they are from the mean. This means that the mean may not accurately represent the scores since it may not be a good measure of central tendency in this case. Therefore, option A is the correct choice.

The Greater the Variability in a Set of Scores