What Can Be Said About the Relationship Between Variability in a Data

question 177

Multiple Choice

What can be said about the relationship between variability in a data set, and the standard deviation?

• A)When variability is high, the standard deviation is small.
• B)The standard deviation does not reflect the variability in the data set.
• C)A large standard deviation means that there is a great degree of variability in the data set.
• D)As variability increases in a data set, the standard deviation becomes more variable as well.

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