If you are finding the range of a data set, are you finding a measure of center or a measure of variation?

If you are finding the mode of a data set, are you finding a measure of center or a measure of variation?

Which of the following is true of the range? It is a very robust measure of central tendency. It describes the average distance of the distribution values from the mean. It identifies the endpoints of a distribution of values. It is the average squared deviation about the mean of a distribution of values. It reveals information about the center of a distribution of values.

For any data set, which of the following are both measures of variation?

According to the text, the range is a good measure of central tendency.Select one:TrueFalse

Measures of VariabilityWhat does the standard deviation of a dataset tell you about it?Dispersion in data sets with dissimilar unitsThe difference between the highest and the lowest valueVariation from the center of the dataNone of the above