General Studies · Research Methodology
Which of the following statements regarding the 'mean' (arithmetic average) in statistics is correct?
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- 1Mean = 1.5 × Median
- 2Mean is to center of gravity as median is to mode.
- 3Mean can sometimes mislead a researcher in skewed distributions containing outliers.✓
- 4Mean is the most accurate measure of central tendency in all distributions.
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Mean can sometimes mislead a researcher in skewed distributions containing outliers.
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