What shortcoming of the data reduction of measures of central tendencies is compensated for by measures of dispersions?

a. Readers do not have a sense of the spread of the values in the original data set.
b. Readers do not have a sense of the average scores of a data set.
c. Readers are not able to assess information about the data set's approximation to the normal curve.
d. Readers are not able to assess the median of a data set.


Answer a,

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