Which measures of central location are not affected by extremely small or extremely large data values?
A)arithmetic mean and median
B)median and mode
C)mode and arithmetic mean
D)geometric mean and arithmetic mean

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The median and mode are not affected by extreme values because they only depend on the middle or most frequent values respectively, and not the actual numerical values of the extreme ones. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean are affected by extreme values because they take into account the actual values of all the data points.

Which Measures of Central Location Are Not Affected by Extremely