APFIVE Effect of Skewness on Measures of Center
A hospital records patients’ recovery times (in days) following a particular surgery. The histogram of recovery times is unimodal but skewed to the right. Given the effect of skewness on measures of center, which measure should be reported as the typical recovery time and why?
A
The mode, because it represents the most common recovery time.
B
The mean, because it takes into account every recovery time.
C
The range, because it reflects the overall spread of recovery times.
D
The median, because it is less influenced by the extreme values that cause the right skew.
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