*OMITTED OPTIONS:
A. They have the same means but different medians.
B. They have the same medians but different interquartile ranges.
C. They have the same interquartile ranges but different ranges.
D. They have the same ranges but different means.
Answer:
B. They have the same medians but different interquartile ranges.
Explanation:
In statistics, measure of center includes mean, median, mode, which tends to represent a set of data.
On the other hand, measures of spread includes examples such as range, interquartile range, which tends to describe how the data are varied or similar.
Getting the same measure of center but different measure of spread means the data the reporter listed has the same mean or median, but different interquartile range.
Median is the middle value of a data set while interquartile range which shows how a data set varies is the difference between Q3 and Q1.
Therefore, we can infer that the reporter found that the listed data set have the same medians but different interquartile ranges.
The answer is B.