Callie's Data Set Regarding the Working Conditions and Stress Levels

question 107

Multiple Choice

Callie's data set regarding the working conditions and stress levels of domestic workers contains housing expenses. The average is surprisingly low, but then she realizes that many workers are live-in employees and report zero housing expense. A more useful measure of central tendency that would not be as impacted by these extreme, outlying scores would be the ____.

• A)median
• B)frequency
• C)normal distribution
• D)mean

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