What measures of center and spread should be used when comparing the distributions of movie runtimes across genres? O a. Median and standard deviation. O b. Median and interquartile range (IQR). O c. Mean and interquartile range (IQR). O d. Mean and standard deviation.

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The boxplots below represent movie runtimes (the length of a movie in minutes) for a random sample of 100 movies in each of four major genres (drama, action, comedy, children's).
Distribution of Run Times of 400 Movies Grouped by Genre
Variable
Children's
Comedy
Action
Drama
100
Time (Minutes)
60
80
120
Transcribed Image Text:The boxplots below represent movie runtimes (the length of a movie in minutes) for a random sample of 100 movies in each of four major genres (drama, action, comedy, children's). Distribution of Run Times of 400 Movies Grouped by Genre Variable Children's Comedy Action Drama 100 Time (Minutes) 60 80 120
What measures of center and spread should be used when comparing the distributions of movie runtimes across genres?
O a. Median and standard deviation.
O b. Median and interquartile range (IQR).
O c. Mean and interquartile range (IQR).
O d. Mean and standard deviation.
Transcribed Image Text:What measures of center and spread should be used when comparing the distributions of movie runtimes across genres? O a. Median and standard deviation. O b. Median and interquartile range (IQR). O c. Mean and interquartile range (IQR). O d. Mean and standard deviation.
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