Which of the following statistics indicates the extent to which data are scattered around the mean in a frequency distribution?
A) Mode
B) Variance
C) Standard deviation
D) Mode and Variance
E) Variance and Standard deviation

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Variance and standard deviation are both measures of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points around the mean. Variance is the average of the squared differences from the mean, and standard deviation is the square root of the variance, making them directly related and both indicative of how spread out the data is around the mean.

Which of the Following Statistics Indicates the Extent to Which