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An advantage of using standard deviation rather than range for measuring dispersion of a large sample is that:
The correct answer is C. standard deviation uses information from each measurement. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
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An advantage of using standard deviation rather than range for measuring dispersion of a large sample is that:
Options
- Astandard deviation has a simpler formula
- Bcalculators have a standard deviation key but not a range key
- Cstandard deviation uses information from each measurement
- Drange calculations are not normally distributed
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- B8% (3)
- C85% (33)
- D5% (2)
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#standard deviation#range#dispersion#sampling
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