Question

The salaries, in thousands of dollars, of 11 people, chosen at random in a certain office, were found to be :
40, 42, 45, 41, 352, 40, 50, 48, 51, 49, 47
Choose and calculate an appropriate measure of central tendency (mean, mode or median) to summarise these salaries.
Explain briefly why the other measures are not suitable.

Answer 1

@dpaInc

Answer 2

@Callisto

Answer 3

I know how to calculate, but I'm not sure which measure of central tendency to use and why the others are not applicable.

Answer 4

Is it using median?

Answer 5

I thought so, but I'm not completely sure. Because with mode, it's 40, and with mean, it's 70 something. But with median, it's 47..?

Answer 6

If we use mode, then the value would be the lowest => not fair
If we use mean, as there is a 'super large' number , 352, the mean would probably increase because of that outrageous number. So it's not fair to use it.
The only option left is median, which gives a more accurate value

Answer 7

Does that make any sense to you? I'm just guessing ...

Answer 8

Yes. :D

Answer 9

Glad to hear :)