II. Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. Choose your answer from the word pool.
a. variance
b. less scattered
c. mode
d. less reliable
e. mean
f. median
g. range
h. variability
i. small
j. standard deviation
k. large
I. more scattered
m. average deviation
n. more reliable


31. The measure of central tendency to use best when there are no extreme values is the _________
32. ________is the most appropriate to use in describing a non-numerical set of data.
33. Whenever there is any extreme value in a set of data,______ is the best measure of central tendency to apply in describing such data.
34. Measures of ______are used to determine how spread out or scattered the values are in a data set.
35. If the variability is________ then the data values are more scattered or spread out. If the variability is lesser, then the data values are less scattered or spread out.
36. The________ is not a perfect measure of variability, since it ignores the data values in between the highest and the lowest.
37. The __________is also not a perfect measure of variability to use since the absolute value is involved in calculating it, resulting to a little inconvenience because case-by-case analysis and a little of higher mathematics concepts might be needed at some point.
38. The________ is also not convenient to use because the process of working for it produces large numbers due to squaring.
39. The________ is the most reliable measure of variability.
40. The lesser the variability, the _______is the mean.​