Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 185: 12

Answer

It may be possible that one of the three measures will have an unusually large or small value, which can affect the mean. Hence, the median will be a better measure as it remains unaffected by outliers and extreme values.

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