Advantages and disadvantages of mode, median and mean (11.3)
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Give an disadvantage of mean
affected by outliers (extreme values)
Define outliers*
Extreme values
Give 2 advantages of mean
Most popular measure; can be used for further calculations; uses all the data
Give 2 disadvantages of median
Not as popular as mean; actual value may not exist
Give an advantage of median
Not influenced by outliers (extreme values)
Give 2 advantages of mode
Outliers (extreme values) don't affect the mode; can be used with qualitative data
Give 2 disadvantages of mode
There may be more than one mode; there may not be a mode (especially if the data set is small)