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melina_rosy

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Which measure of variability is probably best when the data is skewed?
 
  a. Variance
  b. Range
  c. Standard deviation
  d. Interquartile range

Question 2

A disadvantage of the variance is
 
  a. That it is related to a number of other statistical procedures
  b. That it is not scaled in the same units as the original scores
  c. That it is unaffected by the interquartile range
  d. That it is unrelated to ANOVA


alvinum

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b


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