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What measure of variability takes into account every data point in a set?
The range
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The interquartile range
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The standard deviation
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All of the above
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Consider the following dataset: 3, 4, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 24, 24, 25. What is the range of the dataset?
19
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25
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23
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22
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Why is the interquartile range more sensitive than the range?
The interquartile range takes into account 1 extra piece of information.
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The interquartile range takes into account the standard deviation.
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The interquartile range tells us more about the middle of the data, and uses more data points.
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The interquartile range uses more of the data and takes into account the mean and mode of the entire dataset.
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How is variance best defined?
the sum of deviation scores from the mean.
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the average squared deviation from the mean.
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the sum of square deviation from the mean.
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the average deviation from the mean.
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Imagine a data set with 20 observations. Each observation is now multiplied by 10. Which of the following will occur?
The standard deviation will stay the same
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The standard deviation will be 10 times larger
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The standard deviation will increase, but unpredictably
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The standard deviation will not change
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