In a five group discriminant problem, where the groups are equal in size, the mean discriminant score for each group is $ \overline{Y}$ 1 = 13.01, $ \overline{Y}$ 2 = 24.65, $ \overline{Y}$ 3 = 3.02, $ \overline{Y}$ 4 = 8.03, and $ \overline{Y}$ 5 = 42.06.
-How many different "cutting scores" must be calculated?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) five

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To separate five groups, four cutting scores are needed: one between each adjacent pair of groups when they are ordered by their mean scores.

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