Mathematics
Grade6
Easy
Question
The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000. Name the best measure of the center of the salaries.
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Range
Hint:
First, we check for outlier(s). Then we proceed accordingly.
The correct answer is: Median
Step 1 of 1:
Given the dataset, $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000
The data that is different from other numbers in the given set is $90,000.
Hence, there is an outlier present in the dataset and it is 90,000.
Therefore, the best measure to use is the median because the outlier, 90,000, does not affect the median.
Final Answer:
The right choice is-- b. Median
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