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The job coordinator at Martin Luther King Magnet School surveyed 16-year old students on their hourly wages (in $) for their part-time jobs:

7.75, 8.00, 8.25, 8.50, 8.50, 8.75, 9.00, 9.25, 9.50, 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.25, 10.50, 10.75

Which measure of variability—IQR or MAD—best describes the spread of the dataset? Enter 1 for IQR or 2 for MAD.

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IQR is preferable because it’s resistant to outliers/skew and better describes the spread for this wage distribution.