Find the following measures of dispersion using the following lists of average month temperatures of two US cities. a. Which data set do you expect to have more variability? Explain. b. Calculate the range of the two data sets. Show your work.

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Find the following measures of dispersion using the following lists of average monthly
temperatures of two US cities.
a. Which data set do you expect to have more variability? Explain.
b. Calculate the range of the two data sets. Show your work.
c. Calculate the Mean Absolute Deviation of the two data sets. Show your work.
d. Look back at your results. Explain how you use these measures of dispersion
(variability) when comparing these two cities.
Honolulu
Pittsburgh
Jan
73
26
Feb
73
29
Mar
74
39
Apr
76
50
May
78
60
Jun
79
68
Jul
81
72
Aug
81
71
Sept
81
64
Oct
80
52
Nov
77
42
Dec
74
32
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Transcribed Image Text:Find the following measures of dispersion using the following lists of average monthly temperatures of two US cities. a. Which data set do you expect to have more variability? Explain. b. Calculate the range of the two data sets. Show your work. c. Calculate the Mean Absolute Deviation of the two data sets. Show your work. d. Look back at your results. Explain how you use these measures of dispersion (variability) when comparing these two cities. Honolulu Pittsburgh Jan 73 26 Feb 73 29 Mar 74 39 Apr 76 50 May 78 60 Jun 79 68 Jul 81 72 Aug 81 71 Sept 81 64 Oct 80 52 Nov 77 42 Dec 74 32 my
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