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Question
Maria surveyed girls on the amount (in $) they spent on a dress for the middle school spring fling:
79, 79, 79, 82, 84, 85, 89, 90, 99, 100, 100, 100, 129, 139, 155, 174, 189, 200, 209, 250
Which measure of variability—IQR or MAD—best describes the spread of the dataset?
(1 point)
Responses
IQR; the data distribution is symmetrical
IQR; the data distribution is symmetrical
MAD; the data distribution has outliers
MAD; the data distribution has outliers
IQR; the data distribution is skewed
IQR; the data distribution is skewed
MAD; the data distribution is symmetrical
MAD; the data distribution is symmetrical
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