Number of goals scored in one season at Whitmore College soccer games follows:
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
What’s the answer
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The IQR (Interquartile Range) would be the best measure of variability to describe the spread of the dataset because it focuses on the middle 50% of the data and is not as sensitive to extreme values as the MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation).