Neil had the following distribution of scores: 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 6, 25.The _____ is the measure of central tendency that will be most affected by the one extreme score of 25.

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The mean is the measure of central tendency that is most affected by extreme scores, such as the score of 25 in this distribution. It involves adding up all the scores and dividing by the total number of scores, so even one extremely high or low score can significantly change the value of the mean. The mode is not affected by extreme scores because it simply counts the most frequently occurring score, while the median is less affected because it only considers the middle score in the dataset. The correlation coefficient is a measure of the relationship between two variables and is not relevant to this question.

Neil Had the Following Distribution of Scores: 2, 2, 2