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Compare the mean, median, and mode in terms of their sensitivity to extreme scores.
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It is calculated by adding up all the scores and dividing the sum by the total number of scores. The mean is sensitive to extreme scores because adding an extremely high or low value to the dataset will significantly change the sum, and therefore the mean. This Show more…
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