Biostatistics · NEET PG Preparation Community Medicine (PSM)
In a skewed distribution of family incomes in a metropolitan city, which of the following measures of central tendency is least affected by extreme o…
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easy · MCQ · Q-840C7B
In a skewed distribution of family incomes in a metropolitan city, which of the following measures of central tendency is least affected by extreme outlier values (extremely high incomes)?
- A.Arithmetic mean
- B.MedianCorrect answer
- C.Geometric mean
- D.Sum of values
Solution
The median is a positional average and represents the middle value of a sorted dataset, making it robust against extreme outliers. The mean is heavily influenced by outliers.
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