Which of the following is an important characteristic of the median?

A. It is the most appropriate measure of central tendency to use for ratio data.
B. It considers all information about the data and is used to perform additional statistical calculations.
C. It is significantly influenced by extreme scores.
D. It is a measure of position and is determined by the number of scores and their rank order.


Answer: D

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