Question

in 2-3 sentences explain the answer like a twelve-year-old

Number of goals scored in one season at Whitmore College soccer games follows:

0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4

Which measure of variability—IQR or MAD— best describes the spread of the dataset?
IQR; the data distribution is skewed

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

IQR is better because it shows how far away the middle half of the data is. MAD would just show the average difference from the mean, which could be thrown off by the high numbers of goals. With IQR we can see that most of the goals scored are close together, but there are a few games with a lot more goals.