Under What Circumstances Should You Calculate the Median Instead of the Mean

question 107

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances should you calculate the median instead of the mean?

• A) When there are a limited number of extreme scores in the distribution.
• B) When scores are measured on a nominal scale of measurement.
• C) When the scores form a bimodal distribution.
• D) When the scores are all the same.

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Definitions:

Jefferson Davis

The President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, serving from 1861 until its dissolution in 1865.

Confederacy War Effort

The military, economic, and political strategies employed by the Confederate States during the American Civil War.

Total Destruction

The complete and utter devastation or annihilation of something, often used in the context of warfare or natural disasters.

General Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union general during the American Civil War, known for his "March to the Sea," a campaign of total war strategy against the Confederate South.