Measures of Dispersion Are Appropriate for Which Types of Variables

question 51

Multiple Choice

Measures of dispersion are appropriate for which types of variables?

• A) nominal
• B) ratio
• C) ordinal
• D) discrete

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Definitions:

Vibrations in Water

Oscillatory movements that propagate through water, typically caused by external forces like wind, seismic activity, or objects entering the water.

Invertebrates

Animals that lack a vertebral column, or backbone, including species such as insects, arachnids, mollusks, and crustaceans.

Statoliths

Granules of loose sand or calcium carbonate found in statocysts.

Otoliths

Small calcium carbonate crystals in the saccule and utricle of the inner ear; sense gravity and are important in static equilibrium.