SOLUTION: You are examining two sets of data. Set A has a mean (M) of 56 and a standard deviation (SD) of 5.3; Set B has a mean of 56 and a SD of 10.2. Assuming a �normal� curve, which o

Question 588912: You are examining two sets of data. Set A has a mean (M) of 56 and a standard
deviation (SD) of 5.3; Set B has a mean of 56 and a SD of 10.2. Assuming a �normal�
curve, which of the datasets would you expect to have a more �extreme� range of data?
Why?

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The larger the standard deviation, the more spread out and the higher the variance in the data. So set B has a more extreme range of data.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are examining two sets of data.
Set A has a mean (M) of 56 and a standard deviation (SD) of 5.3;
Set B has a mean of 56 and a SD of 10.2.
Assuming a �normal� curve, which of the data sets would you expect to have a more �extreme� range of data?
Why?
The standard deviation measures the spread of the data.
Set B has the larger std so has the greater range of data.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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