Question

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the mean?
a. It is affected by extreme scores.
b. It is best used with ordinal data,
c It minimizes the sum of squared deviations. d. The sum of the deviations about the mean is 0.​

Answer 1

Answer:

it is best used with ordinal data

Answer 2

A correct option is (b).

Mean:

• Mean is the average of a group of numbers and it is also called the arithmetic mean
• This term is used in Mathematics and also in statistics to find the average of the given number
• The per capita income is also calculated by mean
• The meaning of arithmetic mean in the middle of the number which is in series
• We calculate it by adding the number which is in series and then divide it by the total terms