Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Measures

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the measures of variability?

• A) Low variability indicates that the observations are located farther from the mean.
• B) Two data sets can have the same number of observations and the same mean, median, and mode but have different variability.
• C) Like the mean, the variance and standard deviation have the advantage of considering select observations in the data set.
• D) Compared to the standard deviation, the variance is more easily interpreted because it is stated in terms of basic units.

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