An Olympic track team consists of 6 sprinters 2 compete in t

An Olympic track team consists of 6 sprinters (2 compete in the 100 meter event, 2 compete in the 200 meter event, and the remaining 2 compete in the 400 meter event). For which of the following samples would you expect to calculate the largest variance?

Question 6 options:

A) A randomly selected sprinter\'s running times for 15 trials of the 200 meter event

B) The track team\'s (all six members) running times for the 200 meter event

C) A randomly selected sprinter\'s running times for 5 trials each of the 100 meter, 200 meter and
400 meter events

D) The track team\'s running times for the 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter events, each person running all three events

Solution

A) A randomly selected sprinter\'s running times for 15 trials of the 200 meter event