Question

A researcher is studying psychological factors in academic achievement among teenage girls. One variable he is particularly interested in is competitiveness. What information does a measure of variability for the variable competitiveness convey?
a.Do all teenage girls have the same amount of competitiveness?

b.How spread out are the values for competitiveness amoung teenage girls?

c.What is the central tendency for the variable competitiveness among teenage girls?

d.What is the most common value for the variable competitiveness among teenage girls?

Answer 1

Answer:

The information a measure of variability for the variable competitiveness conveys is

The first option is correct

a.) Do all teenage girls have the same amount of competitiveness?

The second option is correct

b.) How spread out are the values for competitiveness among teenage girls?

Step-by-step explanation:

The first option is correct

a.) Do all teenage girls have the same amount of competitiveness?

The second option is correct

b.) How spread out are the values for competitiveness among teenage girls?

The third option is NOT correct. The given problem is a measure of dispersion not central tendency.

c.) What is the central tendency for the variable competitiveness among teenage girls?

The fourth option is also NOT correct. The problem given does not talk about a specific value of the competitiveness variable but rather it talks about the variability of the competitiveness variable

d.) What is the most common value for the variable competitiveness among teenage girls?