Question

If your class kicks 14 soccer balls and the 15 th person kicks the ball wayyyy far back farther than the others, is their kick more likly to impact the mean kick distance or the midian kick distance explain wirh a short answer

Answer 1

The 15th person's kick is more likely to impact the mean kick distance. The mean is sensitive to extreme values (outliers), so a kick that is much farther than the others will increase the average. In contrast, the median represents the middle value and is less affected by outliers, so it will remain more stable in this scenario.