In which situation would presenting the mean as one's measure of central tendency be least accurate?

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Jayvion Hoover

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17 April, 17:34

In which situation would presenting the mean as one's measure of central tendency be least accurate?

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Richards · Answer 1

The situation when presenting the mean as one's measure of central tendency would be least accurate is: When the distribution is negatively skewed.

In statistic context, negatively skewed data refers to an occurrence when the scores fall toward the higher side of the scale and there are very few low scores.