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Niyyah La'Shae
on Nov 12, 2024
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The measure of central tendency most influenced by outliers is the ______.
A) median
B) mode
C) mean
D) variance
Influenced By Outliers
This describes the impact that anomalous data points, which differ significantly from other observations, have on statistical analyses, potentially skewing the results.
Mean
The mean is a measure of central tendency that is calculated by adding up all values in a dataset and dividing by the number of values.
Variance
The statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how much the elements differ from the mean.
- Understand the effect of outliers on central tendency metrics.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the effect of outliers on central tendency metrics.