document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1047248>Question 1047248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> True or False. Suppose the minimum for a data set is 12. A careless assistant records it as 1.2, which is the only mistake in the record keeping. The mistake will change the mean as well as the median of the data set.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I feel this is true since the number is way off from what it is supposed to be.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The error will effect the mean = the sum of the data / the number of data<BR>\n" );
document.write( "However: The middle number (in a sorted list of numbers) is the median<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(the mistake in recording the smallest number will NOT effect what that middle number is)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The mistake will change the mean <u>as well as the median</u> of the data set.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FALSE </SPAN>\n" );
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