Effects Of Skewness On Measures Of Center
A dataset has a strongly right-skewed distribution with several extreme outliers. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the measures of center for this distribution?
A
The mean would be less affected by the extreme values
B
The mean would be closer to the bulk of the data than the median
C
The mean and median would be approximately equal
D
The median would be more resistant to outliers than the mean
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