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A researcher is examining a data set. She sums the total of all of the data points and then divides that value by the number of data points.

A. the standard deviation

B. the mode

C. the range

D. the mean

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D. to calculate the mean of a data set.

the formula to calculate the mean:

total data / number of data = the total mean
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