When Ms. Jones calculated her students' accounting test scores, she noticed that one student had an extremely low score. Which measure of central tendency would be the best to use in this situation?
A) Mean
B) Standard deviation
C) Mode
D) Median

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The median is the best measure of central tendency to use in this situation because it is not affected by extreme values or outliers, such as the extremely low score.

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