Which difficulty of range as a measure of variability is overcome by interquartile range?

A) The sum of the range variances is zero
B) The range is difficult to compute
C) The range is influenced too much by extreme values
D) The range is negative

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Reynaldo Baluyut · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The interquartile range is an alternative measure of variability that overcomes the difficulty of the range being influenced too much by extreme values. It is calculated by finding the difference between the upper and lower quartiles and represents the range of the middle 50% of the data.

Which difficulty of range as a measure of variability is overcome by interquartile range?

A) The sum of the range variances is zero
B) The range is difficult to compute
C) The range is influenced too much by extreme values
D) The range is negative

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Which difficulty of range as a measure of variability is overcome by interquartile range?A) The sum of the range variances is zeroB) The range is difficult to computeC) The range is influenced too much by extreme valuesD) The range is negative

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Which difficulty of range as a measure of variability is overcome by interquartile range?

A) The sum of the range variances is zero
B) The range is difficult to compute
C) The range is influenced too much by extreme values
D) The range is negative