Data Set 4-5: 2, 4, 6, 8
-Which of the following distributions is more variable than Data Set 4-5? (You should be able to answer just by eyeballing the numbers.)
A) 3, 5, 7, 9
B) -2, 0, 2, 4
C) 10, 11, 12, 13
D) none of the above

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The variability of a data set is determined by how spread out the numbers are. All the options provided have the same spread (difference between numbers) as Data Set 4-5, which is a consistent increase of 2. Therefore, none of the options are more variable than Data Set 4-5.