A personality researcher revisits the hypothesis that frustration leads to regression.She collects data from 49 female Internet users measuring their sense of personal frustration and their self-ratings of aggression (on a scale from 1 to 7).A scatterplot is shown below. Which of the following statements is true?
A)The scatterplot suggests that Aggression scores are positively skewed.
B)The scatterplot suggests that Aggression scores are negatively skewed.
C)The scatterplot provides no information about skew.
D)Scatterplots should not be used in correlational analysis as this introduces experimenter bias.
E)Scatterplots can be used in correlational analysis but they are a major source of demand characteristics.

Question

A personality researcher revisits the hypothesis that frustration leads to regression.She collects data from 49 female Internet users measuring their sense of personal frustration and their self-ratings of aggression (on a scale from 1 to 7).A scatterplot is shown below.  Which of the following statements is true?
A)The scatterplot suggests that Aggression scores are positively skewed. 
B)The scatterplot suggests that Aggression scores are negatively skewed. 
C)The scatterplot provides no information about skew. 
D)Scatterplots should not be used in correlational analysis as this introduces experimenter bias. 
E)Scatterplots can be used in correlational analysis but they are a major source of demand characteristics.

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The scatterplot shows a cluster of data points at the lower end of the aggression scale and a few outliers at the higher end, indicating a negatively skewed distribution of aggression scores. This suggests that most participants reported low levels of aggression and only a few reported higher levels.

A Personality Researcher Revisits the Hypothesis That Frustration Leads to Regression.She