Question

Which statement about the data is true? 985, 2, 18, 11, 512, 2, 14, 19, 112, 15

Answer 1

Answer:

C) The median is the only appropriate measure of center.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data sets:

985, 2, 18, 11, 512, 2, 14, 19, 112, 15

By rearrangement we can determine the mean; the median and the mode;  so, we have:

The mean is the summation of all the values divided by the total number of the terms

mean = $\dfrac{2 + 2+ 11+14+15+18+19+112+512+985}{10}$

mean = $\dfrac{1690}{10}$

mean = 169

The median is the middle number  is  = $\dfrac{15+18}{2}$

= $\dfrac{33}{2}$

= 16.5

The mode is the highest occurring frequency  which is = 2

mean> median = 169 > 16.5

For Skewed distribution;

Since the mean is greater than the median ; the best measure of center(measure of central tendency) = median.