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Ginger Wehunt
on Dec 07, 2024
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One relative weakness of the ______ as a measure of central tendency is that it ______.
A) median; is affected by outliers
B) mode; is affected by outliers
C) mean; isn't based on all of the scores in the distribution
D) median; doesn't describe bimodal distributions
Central Tendency
A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of the middle of a dataset, often the mean, median, or mode.
Bimodal Distributions
Probability distributions with two different modes or peaks, reflecting two dominant values in a dataset.
- Identify and elucidate the impact of outliers on central tendancy metrics.
- Comprehend the consequences of employing median, mean, and mode in data analysis and the evaluation of hypotheses.
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Learning Objectives
- Identify and elucidate the impact of outliers on central tendancy metrics.
- Comprehend the consequences of employing median, mean, and mode in data analysis and the evaluation of hypotheses.