Question

which of the following data sets would have the highest measure of variation? a.) {5, 10, 15, 20, 25} b.) {15, 15, 15, 15, 15} c.) {3, 4, 17, 52, 98} d.) {101, 102, 102, 103, 104}

Answer 1

c

Explanation:

looking at it one by one, we have

a) which has some variation and is a potential candidate

b) whcih has no variation at all

c) which most likely has the largest variation due to the range

d) which has little variation

from here we can deduce that c is the likely answer.