Which Two Statistics Offer Robust Measures of Center When Outliers

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which two statistics offer robust measures of center when outliers are present?

• A)Mean and mode.
• B)Median and trimmed mean.
• C)Midrange and geometric mean.
• D)Variance and standard deviation.

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