Which of the following measures of variability does not make use all the scores in a distribution for its computation?
A)Population standard deviation
B)Estimated population standard deviation
C)Estimated population variance
D)Range

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Range only considers the minimum and maximum values in a distribution, and does not take into account the rest of the scores. The other measures (population standard deviation, estimated population standard deviation, and estimated population variance) all make use of all the scores in the distribution for their computations.

Which of the Following Measures of Variability Does Not Make