All of the following statements are true of measures of dispersion, except
A) If there is no variability, the measure will equal 0
B) If there is variability, the measure will be greater than 1
C) The measure will always be a positive number
D) The greater the variability in the data, the larger the numerical value of the measure

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Measures of dispersion can be greater than 0 but not necessarily greater than 1. For example, the standard deviation or variance can be less than 1 if the data points are very close to each other.

All of the Following Statements Are True of Measures of Dispersion