document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180294>Question 1180294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the set of numbers {2, 7, 9, 10, 16, 25, 33, 134}, which would be an appropriate measure of central tendency: mean or median?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The data point 134 is an outlier -- it is far different than all the other numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the mean is the average of all the numbers, the mean would NOT be a good measure of the central tendency of the data.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "On the other hand, the median of a set of numbers is not affected by a single outlier.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The median is a better measure of central tendency, because there is a single outlier in the data.<br><BR>\n" );
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