Dispersion refers to
A) the degree to which data cluster toward one end of the scale.
B) the centrality of the distribution.
C) the degree to which individual data points are distributed around the mean.
D) all of the above

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Dispersion refers to the degree of spread in a dataset. It is measured by calculating the difference between the highest and lowest values in the dataset. The degree to which individual data points are distributed around the mean is a measure of dispersion because it gives an idea of how spread out the data is. The other options, A and B, do not accurately reflect the concept of dispersion.

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