Which of the following is a weakness of the range?
A) It lessens the influence of outliers by only taking into consideration 50% of the distribution.
B) It takes into account all the scores of a distribution.
C) It is difficult to compute.
D) It may not accurately reflect the amount of variability in the entire distribution.

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The range only considers the difference between the highest and lowest scores, which may not accurately reflect the amount of variability in the entire distribution, especially if there are outliers.

Which of the Following Is a Weakness of the Range