Attempts: Average: /2 3. Different ways of calculating range The Minnesota Multi

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Attempts: Average: /2 3. Different ways of calculating range The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPT) is one of the most frequently used personality t psychology. The current standardized version, the MMPI-2, is used by trained professionals to assist in identifying personality structure and psychopathology A forensic psychologist is interested in whether she can identify potential serial rapists by their MMPI profiles. She is particularly interested in the Overcontrolled-Hostility and Defensiveness scales of the MMPI. She interviews 12 people who have already been identified as serial rapists. Their scores on the Overcontrolled-Hostility scale are recorded here: 62 72 47 83 4355 7 51 68 34 63 54 Which of the following is a possible value for the range? O 59 050 O 21 O 70 DOLL

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The range is the difference between the largest value and smallest value in a dataset

For overcontrolled scale, largest value = 87

Smallest value = 25

Range = 83 -34 = 49

Among the given options, closest value is 50

For the defensiveness scale,

Largest value = 87

Smallest value = 25

Range = 87-25 = 62

Closest value among the given options is 63

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