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This question asks the student to choose the appropriate measure of average and spread for a data with outliers.

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Which of the following measures would you choose if you were dealing with data which includes outliers? Select one measure of average and one measure of spread.

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The median is a more appropriate measure of average when your data contains outliers because outliers do not affect the median.

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The interquartile range is the best measure of variability for skewed distributions or data sets with outliers. Because it’s based on values that come from the middle half of the distribution, it’s unlikely to be influenced by outliers.

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Use this link to find some resources which will help you revise this topic.

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