Under what circumstances is the median likely to produce a better measure of central tendency than the mean? With a symmetrical distribution With an extremely skewed distribution and/or with outliers When the data are numerical scores from an interval or a ratio scale When the data consist of nominal measurements
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With a Symmetrical Distribution: In a symmetrical distribution, both the mean and the median will produce the same measure of central tendency as the data is evenly distributed. Therefore, neither is necessarily better than the other in this case. Show more…
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