When might the inter-quartile range be better for describing a data set than the range?

a. if the data is evenly distributed
b. if the data is spread out
c. if the data has outliers

Question

When might the inter-quartile range be better for describing a data set than the range?

a. if the data is evenly distributed
b. if the data is spread out
c. if the data has outliers

anonymous · Answer

not sure. b?

amistre64 · Answer

innerQ weeds out the outliers, since outliers tend to be freak happenstances that skew the results

amistre64 · Answer

spose your weekly paychecks are:

100,110,95,105, and you one that has a bonus to it; 350

if you used all those values to get your average paycheck amount, it would be skewed

by using the innerQ you weed out the outliers that would skew the data

anonymous · Answer

so, c?