Question
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
Explanation / Answer
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