_______ may or may not be the appropriate measure of central tendency.

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 B Mean
Consider the example of the marks obtained by 5 students in class: 2,3,4, 98,100.
Now the average marks of class are 41.4, but does this mean that all class has passed?
No.
Hence, the average or mean may not represent the central tendency.

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Give one example of a situation in which

(i) The mean is an appropriate measure of central tendency.

(ii) The mean is not an appropriate measure of central tendency but the median is an appropriate measure of central tendency.

Which among these is a measure of central tendency?

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