Question

HELP URGENT

Mal and Priya each played 10 games of bowling and recorded the scores, Mai's median score was 120, and her
IQR was 5. Priya's median score was 118, and her IQR was 15. Whose scores probably had less variability?
Explain how you know

Answer 1

Mai has less variability as compared to that of Priya

Explanation:

IQR is the Inter quartile range and is the difference between upper and lower quartiles. It measures the variability as in terms it depicts the middle 50% of values when the values are arranged in ascending order

In case of Priya's median score was 118, and her IQR was 15. IQR = 15 means that there is a difference of 15 between the upper and lower quartiles

While in case of Mai, the IQR is 5 only.

Hence, Mai has less variability as compared to that of Priya