Mark Is Looking at Distance Estimates of Where Participants Think

question 38

Multiple Choice

Mark is looking at distance estimates of where participants think cities are located on a map.Since the estimates are given by x, y coordinates, Mark thinks he should use the mode as a measure of central tendency.What other measures of central tendency are also available?

• A) median and mean
• B) median and outliers
• C) range and sum of squares
• D) outliers and mean

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