So the question in my statistics woorsheet is the range of a

So the question in my statistics woorsheet is the range of a set of data is a measure of the

a. center             b. variability               c. middle range              d. population

okay my understanding of range id the highest and lowest ranges... subtract.... so i am not understanding how one of these may fit?? Sorry I do nursing... not math...

Solution

Answer : b. variability

Explanation:

Measures of Variability

I was going to write this about intelligence and intelligence quotients, but that got really complicated really fast. So let\'s talk about obesity instead, because you\'re more likely to hear about the rising rates of obesity rather than the rising IQs. (Unless you go on to do psychological assessments. Then I would recommend you look up the Flynn Effect and the Idiocracy Theory.) But this lesson is about weight and understanding the descriptions of it.

Weight, like so many other things, is not static or unchanging. Not everyone who is 6 feet tall is 200 pounds - there is some variability. When reporting these numbers or reviewing them for a project, a researcher needs to understand how much difference there is in the scores. This is where we will look at measures of variability, which are statistical procedures to describe how spread out the data is. They are: