If you were to calculate the average of individual income, and you found many extreme scores, which measure of central tendency should be used?
A)mean
B)median
C)mode
D)standard error

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using the mean as a measure of central tendency in a dataset with extreme scores can be misleading since it could be greatly affected by those outliers. The median, on the other hand, is not influenced by extreme scores as it only represents the middle value in a dataset. Therefore, it would be the more appropriate choice for calculating central tendency in a dataset with many extreme scores.

If You Were to Calculate the Average of Individual Income