Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Categorical, Numerical And Grouped Data (Section 8 - No. 49)
What would be a disadvantage of using the mean to describe the central tendency of a dataset containing extreme outliers?
The mean would not be unique.
The mean would not represent the typical value.
The mean could not be calculated.
The mean would be too small.
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Outliers can distort the mean and make it a poor representation of the dataset's central value.