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Properties of Measures of Central Tendency

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Extreme values in the data affect :

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Arithmetic mean

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Median

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Mode

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C Arithmetic mean
Mean is affected by all values in data. so extreme value will effect mean.
Median is middle most vaue and does not depend on extreme values.
Mode is the most recurring value and will not effected by extreme values.

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