The Main Advantage of the Mean Is

question 38

Multiple Choice

The main advantage of the mean is

• A) That it uses all of the information in the distribution
• B) It is not influenced at all by the other scores in the distribution
• C) It is only influenced by how many scores fall above it or below it
• D) That it is sensitive to the values of extreme scores

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Definitions:

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