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)


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