The data set shows the number of cats owned by the members of Taylor’s basketball team.

2, 0, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 0, 3, 2

The value that could best measure the center of this data is .

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The data set shows the number of cats owned by the members of Taylor’s basketball team.

2, 0, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 0, 3, 2

The value that could best measure the center of this data is .

justjm · Answer

Data that follows the gaussian curve (normally distributed w no skew) = mean
Data that is skewed = median

To see if there is skew, calculate for outliers or use the skewness formula. Or you could plot it out and observe for skew.