Question

The dot plots show the weights of randomly selected cats and small dogs in different households. Based on an informal assessment of the visual overlap of these distributions, which animal has the least variability in their weights? Why?

A. Cats, because the range of their weights is less than that of small dogs.
B. Cats, because the range of their weights is greater than that of small dogs.
C. Small dogs, because the range of their weights is less than that of cats.
D. Small dogs, because the range of their weights is greater than that of cats.

Answer 1

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C. Small dogs, because the range of their weights is less than that of cats.

In this case, the smaller the range of weights, the less variability there is in the data. Since the range of weights for small dogs is less than that of cats based on the dot plots, small dogs have less variability in their weights compared to cats.