Compared to the range, the interquartile range:
A)is less affected by extreme values.
B)is more affected by extreme values.
C)is likely to be closer to the value of the mean.
D)is likely to be closer to the value of the median.
E)is likely to be closer to the value of the mode.

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The interquartile range (IQR) measures the spread of the middle 50% of data, thus it is less affected by extreme values or outliers compared to the range, which measures the spread between the maximum and minimum values in a dataset.

Compared to the Range, the Interquartile Range