When is it more appropriate to use the median instead of the mean to calculate central tendency?
A) When nominal data has been collected
B) When there are data outliers
C) When a mode cannot be calculated
D) When ordinal data has been collected

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Having outliers in a data set can skew the symmetry, therefore using the median might be more appropriate than the mean.

When Is It More Appropriate to Use the Median Instead