Measures of Spread: Range and Interpretation
Calculating and interpreting the range as a measure of data variability and its limitations.
Key Questions
- Explain what the range tells us about a data set.
- Analyze why the range can sometimes be a misleading measure of spread.
- Compare the ranges of two different data sets and draw conclusions about their variability.
MOE Syllabus Outcomes
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