Under what circumstances is the median likely to produce a better measure of central tendency than the mean?
A)With a symmetrical distribution
B)With an extremely skewed distribution
C)When the data consist of nominal measurements
D)When the data are numerical scores from an interval or a ratio scale

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The median is less affected by extreme scores or outliers than the mean. Therefore, in situations where the distribution is extremely skewed with extreme values, the median would produce a better measure of central tendency than the mean.

Under What Circumstances Is the Median Likely to Produce a Better