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The following list shows the age at appointment of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices appointed since 1900. Use the data to answer the question.  Last Name  Age  White 65 Taft 63 Hughes 67 Stone 68 Vinson 56 Last Name  Age  Warren 62 Burger 61 Rehnquist 61 Roberts 50\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline { \text { Last Name } } & \text { Age } \\\hline \text { White } & 65 \\\hline \text { Taft } & 63 \\\hline \text { Hughes } & 67 \\\hline \text { Stone } & 68 \\\hline \text { Vinson } & 56 \\\hline\end{array}&\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline { \text { Last Name } } & \text { Age } \\\hline \text { Warren } & 62 \\\hline \text { Burger } & 61 \\\hline \text { Rehnquist } & 61 \\\hline \text { Roberts } & 50 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
-The U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice data was used to create the following output in an Excel spreadsheet. Choose the statement that best summarizes the variability of the dataset.  Column1  Standard Error 1.864217971 Standard Deviation 5.592653912 Sample Variance 31.27777778 Kurtosis 1.177934931 Skewness 1.064306225 Range 18 Minimum 50 Maximum 68 Sum 553 Count 9\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline { \text { Column1 } } \\\hline \text { Standard Error } & 1.864217971 \\\hline \text { Standard Deviation } & 5.592653912 \\\hline \text { Sample Variance } & 31.27777778 \\\hline \text { Kurtosis } & 1.177934931 \\\hline \text { Skewness } & - 1.064306225 \\\hline \text { Range } & 18 \\\hline \text { Minimum } & 50 \\\hline \text { Maximum } & 68 \\\hline \text { Sum } & 553 \\\hline \text { Count } & 9 \\\hline\end{array}


A) The age of most of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice's since 1900 are within 5.6 years of the mean age.
B) The age of most of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice's since 1900 are within 31.3 years of the mean age.
C) The ages of most of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices are between 50 and 68 years.
D) None of these.

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