Wanda, a real estate agent, keeps track of the time it takes to sell each client's house. This histogram shows the distribution of times it took for houses to sell last year.

Question

Complete the sentences.
The distribution of times it took for houses to sell is best described as
. So, the
is a more appropriate measure of variation than the
.

Answer 1

The distribution of times it took for houses to sell is best described as skewed (or normal, uniform, etc., depending on what the histogram actually shows). So, the interquartile range (IQR) is a more appropriate measure of variation than the range.

To provide more accurate answers, please describe or summarize the histogram in question.