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Which of the following is least influenced by extreme values in a data sample?
Suggested Answer: C
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21 comments · newest first
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Felicidad
2 days ago
Mode is also not influenced, but median is better.
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Ollie
7 days ago
I agree, mean gets skewed by outliers.
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Ben
12 days ago
Yeah, extreme values don't affect it much.
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Ronald
17 days ago
I think the median is the answer.
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Janet
22 days ago
I hope they ask about this in the exam!
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Malcolm
28 days ago
Same here, median is the safest choice.
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Juliann
1 month ago
I feel confident about this question!
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Bernardo
1 month ago
Definitely B) Median, it represents the middle.
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Merrilee
1 month ago
Mode is also stable, but median is better.
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Vicky
2 months ago
I agree, mean can be skewed by outliers.
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Alpha
2 months ago
Yeah, median is not affected by extremes.
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Mable
2 months ago
I think it's B) Median.
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Tish
2 months ago
Median is the least affected, no doubt!
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Rolland
2 months ago
Yeah, mean gets skewed by extremes for sure.
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Elouise
2 months ago
Wait, are you sure about that?
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Deeanna
3 months ago
I think the mode is also pretty stable.
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Coletta
3 months ago
Definitely the median!
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Kimberlie
3 months ago
I’m pretty confident that the median is the right answer since it’s the middle value, but I might be mixing it up with weighted mean.
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Lisha
3 months ago
I’m torn between the median and mode. I feel like the mode could also be less affected, but I need to think more about it.
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Flo
3 months ago
I remember practicing a similar question where the mean was affected by outliers, so I guess it’s the median here too.
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Kerry
4 months ago
I think the median is least influenced by extreme values, but I'm not completely sure.