A Disadvantage of Using an Arithmetic Mean to Summarize a Set

question 109

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of using an arithmetic mean to summarize a set of data is that the arithmetic mean

• A) sometimes has two values.
• B) can be used for interval and ratio data.
• C) is always different from the median.
• D) can be biased by one or two extremely small or large values.

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