Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
    fileDescriptive-statistics_vufsw-standarddeviation-0036-en_vufsw-standarddeviation-0036-en
    namevufsw-standarddeviation-0036-en
    sectiondescriptive statistics/summary statistics/measures of spread/standard deviation
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE
    Typeconceptual
    ProgramNA
    LanguageEnglish
    Levelstatistical literacy

    Question

    Why is the standard deviation (the standard deviation) often preferred preferred over the range (the range) as a measure of variability?


    1. FALSE: He range (the range) does not look at the ends of the distribution, but the standard deviation does.
    2. TRUE: The range (the range) only looks at the ends of the distribution, and the standard deviation is based on all observations.
    3. FALSE: The range (the range) looks only at the middle of the distribution, and the standard deviation looks at the entire distribution.
    4. FALSE: The range (the range) expresses variability in a non-standardized way, while the standard deviation is based on z-scores.

    1. False
    2. True
    3. False
    4. False