Coach Keller is comparing the heights of the students on the basketball and volleyball teams. The line plots below show the heights, in inches, of
the students on each team.
Which statement comparing the variability of the two data sets is most
accurate?
A. The volleyball team’s heights are more variable than the basketball
team’s heights because the mean of the volleyball team’s heights is
greater.
B. The volleyball team’s heights are more variable than the basketball
team’s heights because the range of the volleyball team’s heights is
greater.
C. The basketball team’s heights are more variable than the volleyball
school team’s heights because there are more values in the data set
for the basketball team.
D. The basketball team’s heights are more variable than the volleyball
team’s heights because the basketball team’s data points are more
clustered around the maximum value.