A Small Company Employs a Supervisor at $1100 a Week,an

question 1

Multiple Choice

A small company employs a supervisor at $1100 a week,an inventory manager at $700 a week,6 stock boys at $400 a week,and 4 drivers at $600 a week.Which measure of spread,would best describe the payroll,the range,the IQR,or the standard deviation?

• A)IQR,because the distribution is symmetric.
• B)Range,because it would be least sensitive to the outlier at $1100.
• C)Standard deviation,because it would be least sensitive to the outlier at $1100.
• D)IQR,because it would be least sensitive to the outliers at $700 and $1100.
• E)IQR,because it would be least sensitive to the outlier at $1100.

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