An extremely large or small measurement of a variable has the greatest effect on the variable's
A) median
B) range
C) inter-quartile range
D) mode

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The range is the difference between the highest and the lowest values in a dataset. If there is an extremely large or small measurement, it will increase the range significantly. The median and mode are measures of central tendency and are not as affected by outliers. The inter-quartile range only considers the middle 50% of the data and would not be as affected by extreme values.

An Extremely Large or Small Measurement of a Variable Has