Which of the Following Statements About Measures of the Spread

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about measures of the spread of data is true?

• A) Neither the quartiles nor the standard deviation is strongly affected by an outlier in the data.
• B) The quartiles are strongly affected by an outlier in the data, but the standard deviation is not.
• C) The standard deviation is strongly affected by an outlier in the data, but the quartiles are not.
• D) Both the quartiles and the standard deviation are strongly affected by an outlier in the data.

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