Question:
In a diagnostic test in mathematics given to students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded 46, 52, 48, 11, 41, 62, 54, 53, 96, 40, 98 and 44.
Which average will be a good representative of the above data and why?
Solution:
Median will be a good representative of the data, because
- each value occurs once.
- the data is influenced by extreme values.