This Question Relates to the Output Below: Why Might

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Multiple Choice

This question relates to the output below: Why might the mean, median and mode appear to be bad measures of dispersion to use here?

• A)Because they are all close together, and indeed the median and mode are the same.
• B)Because the variable is drawn from a normal population.
• C)Because they are not measures of dispersion at all they are actually measures of central tendency.
• D)Both (a)and (c).
• E)Both (a)and (b).

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