SOLUTION: 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?

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Question 1180294: 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?
Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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The data point 134 is an outlier -- it is far different than all the other numbers.

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.

On the other hand, the median of a set of numbers is not affected by a single outlier.

ANSWER: The median is a better measure of central tendency, because there is a single outlier in the data.