A Disadvantage of Using an Arithmetic Mean to Summarize a Set

question 16

Multiple Choice

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

• A) The arithmetic mean sometimes has two values.
• B) It can be used for interval and ratio data
• C) It is always different from the median.
• D) It can be biased by one or two extremely small or large values.
• E) It doesn't always exist.

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