Question

Determine whether the range or interquartile range best describes the spread of a dataset.

The times (in seconds) for a high school boys' 100-meter race:
11.0, 11.2, 11.7, 12.2, 12.4, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9, 13.1, 13.3, 13.8, 14.2, 14.3, 14.3, 16.5, 17.6, 18.0

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

In this case, the interquartile range would best describe the spread of the dataset because it is less affected by extreme values than the range. The interquartile range is calculated by finding the difference between the third quartile (Q3) and the first quartile (Q1).