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likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

Jan's scores on five quizzes were 2, 8, 8, 9, and 10. Is the mean or median the best measure of center to summarize Jan's scores? A. median B. mean C. Both mean and median summarize the data equally well. B?

likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

@YanaSidlinskiy

likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

@Miracrown

likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

can u help me?

OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):

Which one do you think it is? Mean is the average, and Median is the Middle value of a data set..

likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

i post it in the q

OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):

That's incorrect, because, notice how 2 is much smaller than the others? 2 is an outlier, and since we have an outlier, we want to use median:)

likeabossssssss (likeabossssssss):

ok thx:)

OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):

Np:)

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