A researcher asks a sample of people about a particular politician and concludes the virtually everyone has the same opinion of the politician. She reaches this conclusion because the shape of the distribution is ______.
A) peaked
B) bimodal
C) normal
D) flat

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A peaked distribution indicates that the responses are concentrated in a narrow range, suggesting that virtually everyone has the same opinion. A bimodal distribution would suggest that there are two distinct groups with different opinions. A normal distribution would suggest that opinions are spread out across the entire range, and a flat distribution would suggest that there is no pattern or consensus in the responses.

A Researcher Asks a Sample of People About a Particular