A reporter compared the scores of two basketball teams over the past year. When she listed the scores, she found the lists had the same measure of center but different measures of spread. Which statement could describe the two teams’ lists of scores?

The teams can have the same median score, so they share a measure of center, while having different interquartile ranges, so their spreads differ. The interquartile range measures the spread of the middle half of the scores. Choice B describes exactly this situation: same medians but different interquartile ranges.

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