How can you determine the best measure of center and measure of variability to use based on the shape of the distribution?

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Quincy Drake

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6 June, 22:59

How can you determine the best measure of center and measure of variability to use based on the shape of the distribution?

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Question - How can you determine the best measure of center and measure of variability to use based on the shape of the distribution?

Answer - Mean and median both try to measure the "central tendency" in a data set. Summarizing center of distributions (central tendency).