Jason is the statistician for a summer basketball league. After Choose one
eleven games he notes that the top three scorers in the
league have about the same mean number of points per game
(12.7, 12.7, and 12.6). He produces the dotplots of the points
scored in eleven games for each player shown below.
Player 1's scores have a smaller median and are more
variable than the others.
Payer 3
Player 2
Player 1
12
12
15
18
18
21
21
Points Scored
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Which of the following best describes the additional
information, if any, provided by the dotplots about the players'
performances?
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Player 1 always scores more points per game than
either of the other two players.
Player 2's scores are least variable, and Player 1's
scores are most variable.
The dotplots do not provide any additional
information.