Given a distribution of scores,the probability of randomly selecting a given score from that distribution equals the _____ of that score.
A)cumulative frequency
B)cumulative relative frequency
C)frequency
D)relative frequency

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The probability of selecting a given score from a distribution is equivalent to the relative frequency of that score, which measures the proportion of times the score occurs in relation to the total number of observations. The cumulative frequency and cumulative relative frequency are used to track the running total of frequencies and relative frequencies, respectively, while the frequency simply counts the number of times a score occurs. Therefore, the best choice is D, relative frequency.

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