Because a Mean May Be Influenced by High and Low

question 79

Multiple Choice

Because a mean may be influenced by high and low values,it may not be an accurate depiction of the "middle" of a set of scores.If you order the scores from lowest to highest and take the middle score,you may have a better sense of the midpoint of the distribution.If you do this,you will have calculated the:

• A)mean
• B)median
• C)correlation coefficient
• D)rate
• E)all of these choices

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