Stats Measures of central tendency

Question 1

You record the weight of all of your patients on your ward. You discover that your data set is skewed. Which of the following would you use to describe the average weight of your patients?

Answer 1

The question describes a quantitative, ratio scale data set. Under normal circumstances the use of the mean would be ideal. In situations where there is skewed data the median is preferred as it is less sensitive to the skewness of data.