A university dean is interested in measuring the research productivity of the seven members of the Psychology Department. The dean obtains the number of publications for each faculty member. They are as follows: 5, 10, 15, 15, 20, 25, and 180. If the dean wants to describe these data, which measure of central tendency would paint a misleading picture of the research productivity of the department?
A) the mean
B) the median
C) the mode
D) the standard deviation
A) the mean
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What will be an ideal response?
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