Members of the Valley View Soccer League sold raffle tickets to help pay for new goalposts and nets. On one team, all 18 players sold at least 5 tickets, and some sold more than 25 tickets. The median number of tickets sold by this team was 12.5 tickets, and the interquartile range was 15 tickets.Which is a measure of how much the number of tickets sold by this team varied?Choices:(A) 5 tickets(B) 12.5 tickets(C) 15 tickets(D) 25 tickets
Q. Members of the Valley View Soccer League sold raffle tickets to help pay for new goalposts and nets. On one team, all 18 players sold at least 5 tickets, and some sold more than 25 tickets. The median number of tickets sold by this team was 12.5 tickets, and the interquartile range was 15 tickets.Which is a measure of how much the number of tickets sold by this team varied?Choices:(A) 5 tickets(B) 12.5 tickets(C) 15 tickets(D) 25 tickets
Understand question: Step 1: Understand the question and identify the key information.The question asks for a measure of how much the number of tickets sold varied among the team players. The choices given are different statistical measures.
Identify measure: Step 2: Identify the correct statistical measure for variability.The interquartile range (IQR) is a measure of statistical dispersion, or how spread out the numbers are in a set. It is calculated as the difference between the 75th percentile (Q3) and the 25th percentile (Q1) of the data.
Match correct choice: Step 3: Match the correct choice based on the definition of IQR. The problem states that the interquartile range is 15 tickets, which directly measures variability. Therefore, the correct answer is (C) 15 tickets.
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