A distribution of scores in which almost the entire class scored very high,but a few students scored fairly low would be ______.
A)normally distributed
B)positively skewed
C)unskewed
D)negatively skewed

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This distribution is negatively skewed because the bulk of the scores are high, with only a few low scores pulling the tail of the distribution towards the lower end. In a negatively skewed distribution, the mean is typically less than the median due to the influence of the low scores.

A Distribution of Scores in Which Almost the Entire Class