A researcher collects scores measuring weight among school-age children who are in an obesity prevention program and notes that several students are morbidly obese with the majority of students falling within or below the 85th percentile for weight
The scores from the morbidly obese children will affect which measure of central tendency the most?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. All of the above are affected equally.
ANS: A
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