What measure of central tendency is least representative of the data set known?

2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 32

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Tyrone Lam

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7 November, 06:54

What measure of central tendency is least representative of the data set known?

2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 32

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Betty Boop · Answer 1

The measure of central tendency that least represents the set of data shown is mean. There is a large outlier in the set of data which results to the skewing of the mean. The mean of the set is 8. The mode is 2 and the median is 3.5, which are better representations of the data.

What measure of central tendency is least representative of the data set known?2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 32

What measure of central tendency is least representative of the data set known?

2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 32