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Which quantitative measures describe the variation in a data set!!Multiple choice!!

Which quantitative measures describe the variation in a data set!!Multiple choice-example-1
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Statisticians use summary measures to describe the amount of variability or spread in a set of data.

On the given selection, the most common measures of variability are:

a.) The Range

b.) The Interquartile Range (IQR)

c.) Mean Absolute Deviation

Mean, median and mode are measures of central tendency.

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