Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 139: 40c

Answer

The median.

Work Step by Step

The score 95 pulls the mean to the right substantially. That is, the mean increases substantially. But not the median. Let's remove the 95 from the sequence: $Mean=\frac{65+70+71+75}{4}=70.25$ $Median=\frac{70+71}{2}=70.5$ Now, compare these results to those from (a) and (b).
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