Consider two samples. Sample A has the following observations: ; and sample B has the following observations: . Then,
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UoH 2021 Question 94: Descriptive statistics and dispersion
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Consider two samples. Sample A has the following observations: -6, -6, -1, 0, 1, 6, 6; and sample B has the following observations: 521, 524, 526, 527, 528, 530, 533. Then, (A) Range of A is greater than range of B (B) Variance of A is greater than variance of B (C) Range of A is smaller than range of B (D) Variance of A is smaller than variance of B
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This question is on Measures of dispersion, part of Descriptive statistics and dispersion in Statistics.
How spread out data are: range, variance, standard deviation and relative measures.
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