The transition from childhood to adulthood is often celebrated in rural and non-industrialized cultures by a:

In a survey of recent graduates, your college reports that the mean salaries of the former students are positively skewed. What are the consequences of choosing the mean rather than the median or the mode in this case?

a. The mean is likely to provide a number that is lower than the largest cluster of scores. b. The mean is likely to provide a reliable estimate of where the scores cluster. c. The mean is likely to provide a number that is higher than the largest cluster of scores. d. The mean provides the 50th percentile of the distribution, making it the best choice to depict this cluster of scores.

A psychologist, studying pilot trainees, picks a select group of trainees who is hopefully representative of all other trainees. The group of trainees being studied by this psychologist is collectively known to researchers as a __________

a. sample b. population c. target group d. control group