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Data Science interview questions
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- Why is the range a weak measure of spread?
The range is maximum minus minimum, so it depends only on the two most extreme values. One outlier can change it enormously while the rest of the data is unchanged, which makes it unstable. IQR or standard deviation use more of the data.
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