Afriend claims that education (years of school) is normally distributed. you believe she’s wrong. a reasonable argument for your point of view is that: a. about 50% of individuals have greater than 12 years of schooling. b. the standard deviation for years of schooling is less than the mean c. education has several modes (for example, at 12 and 16 years). d. education outcomes are uniformly distributed (all numbers of years are equally likely). e. none of these are reasonable arguments.

like many students at university, you may be unhappy about the results you attain in exams. you may feel that even with all you are doing there must be something more -- or different-- you could be doing to get better grades. we have all at some time or other heard of that student who only studies a couple of hours for final exams and scores a's every time. we stand in awe of those who seem to breeze through without undue effort and seem to need very little in the way of studying to nail an exam. the reasons for success, in what i think are the vast majority of cases, are less esoteric than many students think: successful students consistently apply a series of productive strategies with view to attaining clearly identified learning and grade goals throughout the academic term.

the answer should be a