In general, which of the following descriptive summary measures cannot be easily approximated from a boxplot?
A) the variance
B) the median
C) the interquartile range
D) the range

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The variance is a measure of spread that depends on the individual values of the dataset, so it cannot be approximated from a boxplot, which only represents the five-number summary of the data (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum). The other summary measures (median, interquartile range, and range) can all be derived from a boxplot.

In General, Which of the Following Descriptive Summary Measures Cannot