A researcher has collected data on the citizenship of children in a local preschool. What would be the correct statistic to indicate the diversity of the children in that sample?
A) the interquartile range
B) the index of qualitative variation
C) the median
D) the mode

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The index of qualitative variation is a measure specifically designed to assess the diversity or variability in categorical data, such as citizenship in this case.

A Researcher Has Collected Data on the Citizenship of Children