Measures Of Center Flashcards by Victoria Halilu. | Brainscape

Q

Is not resistant to outliers
Is preferred for data without skewness or outliers

A

Mean

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Central measurement in data set

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Median

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Q

Resistant to outliers
Preferred for data that is skewed or has outliers

A

Median

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Q

For symmetric data the mean is close to median? True or false

A

True

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Q

Mean pulled into tail when?

A

If the data is skewed left

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Mean becomes greater than median when?

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When it’s skewed right

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