Which of the following sets of data appears to show the greatest amount of variability?
A)99, 110, 153, 98, 64
B)92, 91, 89, 94, 95
C)10, 20, 5, 34, 29
D)188, 200, 201, 177, 169

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CSet A and Set C show the greatest amount of variability because the numbers in these sets are spread out more widely from each other compared to the numbers in Sets B and D. Variability is a measure of how much the data points differ from each other. Set B has very little spread around its mean, and the numbers in Set D, while larger, are closer to each other than those in Sets A and C.

Which of the Following Sets of Data Appears to Show