When the standard deviation of a raw score distribution is large,the corresponding z-score distribution will be
A)relatively spread out.
B)relatively narrow.
C)positively skewed.
D)negatively skewed.

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A large standard deviation indicates that there is a relatively wide range of scores in the distribution. This means that when transforming these scores into z-scores, the resulting distribution will also be relatively spread out. Conversely, a small standard deviation would result in a relatively narrow z-score distribution.

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