1). When reporting descriptive data such as the mean, what additional information should also
be reported that expresses how different the scores are in the distribution?
Ans: Variability
2). If you subtract the smallest number in the distribution from the largest, what type of
variability is being calculated?
Ans: Range
3). What is the range for the following set of scores: 117, 249, 326, 47, 442?
Ans: 395
4). Which measure of variability is a measure of the average distance from the mean?
Ans: Standard Deviation
5). Which of the following is not a measure of variability?
Ans: Mean
6). What are the three tools used to assess variability?
Ans: Range, Standard Deviation, and Variance
7). In the formula for computing the range, what does the letter "l" represent?
Ans: Lowest Score
8). In the formula for calculating the standard deviation, what does the greek letter "σ"
represent?
Ans: Summation
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