Roderick is trying to decide between two schools for his 9-year-old daughter. Two schools state that the average intelligence test score of its students is 125, which is higher than the norm of 100. If Roderick is MOST interested in finding a school that has children with diverse abilities, which statistic about the intelligence test scores would he want to know from both these schools?

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Clinton Weeks

Social Studies

13 July, 02:14

Roderick is trying to decide between two schools for his 9-year-old daughter. Two schools state that the average intelligence test score of its students is 125, which is higher than the norm of 100. If Roderick is MOST interested in finding a school that has children with diverse abilities, which statistic about the intelligence test scores would he want to know from both these schools?

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Christine Morrison · Answer 1

the standard deviation

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that the most valuable statistic for this scenario would be the standard deviation. This statistic indicates the amount of variation that exists within a set of data. Therefore it is the most important statistic for Roderick since it will allow him to see how accurate the data he has gathered is when dealing with the skills of all of the children present in each school.