document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1168180>Question 1168180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which is a correct statement regarding a weighted mean?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	A weighted mean is always different from the actual mean.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Multiply the weighting by the corresponding data value, then find the sum of the products.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	A weighted mean accounts for the relative importance of each value in the average.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	The weighted mean is less affected by outliers than the median. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "C) A weighted mean accounts for the relative importance of each value in the average.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Understand that a weighted mean involves multiplying the weighting by the corresponding data value, then finding the sum of the products.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that the weighted mean is less affected by outliers than the median. </SPAN>\n" );
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