Which is the best measure of central tendency for the type of data below–the mean, the median, or the mode? Explain.

Hours of sleep each night

Median; there will be outliers
Range; there are no outliers
Mode; the data are non-numeric
Mean; the outliers are limited
MY ANSWER: Median; there will be outliers

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