Number of goals scored in one season at Whitmore College soccer games follows:

Question

0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4
Which measure of variability—IQR or MAD― best describes the spread of the
dataset?
(1 point)
O MAD; the data distribution has outliers
○ MAD; the data distribution is symmetrical
IQR; the data distribution is skewed
○ IQR; the data distribution is symmetrical

Answer 1

IQR; the data distribution is skewed

Since the dataset is not symmetrical and has some outliers, the Interquartile Range (IQR) would be a better measure of variability compared to the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD).