Which of the following measures of spread is easy to calculate and is resistant to the effects of skew and outliers?
A. The interquartile range
B. The variance
C. The range
D. The standard deviation
Answer: A
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a. Should discuss the way that it's funded b. Should never reveal its sources c. Should reference the literature d. Should present ideas from a specific point of view
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