Professor Jones noticed that the distribution of students' scores on his last biology exam had an extremely small standard deviation. This indicates that the _____.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A small standard deviation indicates that the scores are clustered closely around the mean, meaning that the students' scores tended to be very similar to one another. This does not necessarily mean that the exam was given to a small class or that it was a poor measure of knowledge, nor does it provide information about the relationship between the mean and the median.

Professor Jones Noticed That the Distribution of Students' Scores on His