Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Explaining the Concepts - Page 156: 50

Answer

In the provided section, there is no measure of dispersion described that is resistant.

Work Step by Step

The measures of dispersion described in the provided section are range, standard deviation, and variance. These measures are all affected by the presence of the extreme value in the data set. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is no measure of dispersion described in the provided section that is resistant.
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