If a cognitive psychologist finds that a group of one-year-old children can name 3,3,3,4,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,and 35 things,the most useful measure of central tendency will be the
A)mean.
B)median.
C)mode.
D)range.

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The median is the most useful measure of central tendency in this case because it is not affected by the outlier (35) and provides a better representation of the central value of the data set.

If a Cognitive Psychologist Finds That a Group of One-Year-Old