What are the most appropriate measures of central tendency and dispersion for the distribution of a continuous variable that contains outliers? A. Mean and standard deviation or variance B. Mean and range C. Median and interquartile range D. Median and standard deviation
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- **Mean**: The average of all data points. - **Median**: The middle value in a data set when arranged in ascending order. - **Mode**: The most frequently occurring value in a data set. - **Range**: The difference between the maximum and minimum values in the data Show more…
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