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What is the range for the following set of data?

2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16

A. 12

B. 16

C. 14

D. 2

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Answer:

The answer to your problem is, C. 14

How to find range:

To find the range of a data set in statistics is the difference between the largest and the smallest values. While range does have different meanings within different areas of statistics and mathematics, this is its most basic definition. Using a example:

2, 10, 21, 23, 23, 38, 38

38 - 2 = 36

The range in this example is 36. Similar to the mean, range can be significantly affected by extremely large or small values. Using the same example as previously:

2, 10, 21, 23, 23, 38, 38, 1027892

The range, in this case, would be 1,027,890 compared to 36 in the previous case. As such, it is important to extensively analyze data sets to ensure that outliers are accounted for.

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