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OpenStax, Statistics §2.7 Measures of the Spread of the Data · Exercise 4 · Statistics · Describing data

Measures of the Spread of the Data · Exercise 4

For each of the examples given below, tell whether the differences in outcomes may be explained by measurement variability, natural variability, induced variability, or sampling variability.

Twenty people begin the same workout program on the same day and continue for three months. During that time, all participants worked out for the same amount of time and did the same number of exercises and repetitions. Each person was weighed at both the beginning and the end of the program. The differences in outcomes regarding the amount of weight lost may be attributed to which type of variability?

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