Question

Does the mean or median better describe the shape of this data set?
46, 54, 43, 57, 50, 62, 78, 42 (1 point)

Answer 1

The median better describes the shape of this data set because it is less influenced by outliers. In this case, the data set is symmetric with no extreme outliers, so the median provides a more accurate representation of the center of the data.