Ashley has measured heights of basketball players at her school. In order to fully describe the distribution of her data, Ashley will need to determine the central tendency and ___________ in the players' heights.

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In addition to finding the central tendency (e.g. mean, median, mode) of the data, Ashley will also need to determine the variation in the players' heights (e.g. range, variance, standard deviation) in order to fully describe the distribution. This allows her to see how the heights vary and how spread out the data is. The other options - scale of measurement, probability, and correlation - are not necessary for describing the distribution of the data.

Ashley Has Measured Heights of Basketball Players at Her School