What is the advantage of using the median over the mean?

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What is the advantage of using the median over the mean?

Accepted Answer

It is not affected by extreme values (outliers) — Award 1 mark. The median depends only on the middle position, so one very large or small value barely moves it, whereas the mean uses every value; the mode is the most frequent value, and the median does require ordering.

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It can be found without ordering the data

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It uses every value in the data set

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It is the value that occurs most often

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It is not affected by extreme values (outliers)

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