Ake wants to compare the mean height of the players on his favorite badminton and basketball teams. he creates the dot plots shown below:

first dot plot is labeled height of badminton players and shows 1 cross on 66, 1 cross on 69, 2 crosses on 70, 2 crosses on 71, 4 crosses on 72, 6 crosses on 73, 4 crosses on 74, 1 cross on 76, and 1 cross on 78. second dot plot is labeled height of basketball players and shows 3 crosses on 72, 2 crosses on 75, 2 crosses on 76, 2 crosses on 78, 2 crosses on 79, 2 crosses on 80, 2 crosses on 81, 2 crosses on 82, and 1 cross on 84

the mean absolute deviation is 1.74 inches for the badminton team and 3.02 inches for the basketball team. which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the data?

the badminton players are all taller than the basketball players.
the basketball players are all taller than the badminton players.
there is more variability in the badminton team member heights.
there is more variability in the basketball team member heights.