In the Fall Semester of 2013, the Average Graduate Management

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Essay

In the fall semester of 2013, the average Graduate Management Admission Test GMAT) of the students at a local college was 500 with a standard deviation of 80. In the fall of 2014, the average GMAT was 560 with a standard deviation of 84. Which year's GMAT scores show a more dispersed distribution?

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