Compared to the Range, the Primary Purpose of the Interquartile

question 13

Multiple Choice

Compared to the range, the primary purpose of the interquartile range is to represent the variability in a set of data ______.

• A) while lessening the influence of outliers
• B) while increasing the influence of outliers
• C) using deviations from the mean
• D) by taking into account all of the scores of a distribution

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