AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A teacher wants to find out the average score of their class’ test. What should she use to figure it out?
A
Mode
B
Mean
C
Median
D
Range
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Find the mean by adding up all the scores and dividing by the number of students.

Detailed explanation-2: -To find the average score, you must total the scores of everyone in the class and divide it by the number of students in the class.

Detailed explanation-3: -A mean scale score is the average performance of a group of students on an assessment. Specifically, a mean scale score is calculated by adding all individual student scores and dividing by the number of total scores. It can also be referred to as an average.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three main types of average: mean, median and mode. Each of these techniques works slightly differently and often results in slightly different typical values. The mean is the most commonly used average. To get the mean value, you add up all the values and divide this total by the number of values.

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