Question

Observe the given dot plot representing temperature at two beaches for 10 days.

What is the correct way to find the measure of centre and variability of the given data.

• A. Median, IQR
• B. Mean, MAD
• C. Mean, IQR
• D. Median, MAD

Answer 1

The correct option is B Mean, MAD

Since the shape of a data distribution is symmetric we use mean and MAD as the measure of center and measure of variability of that dataset respectively.