The price of some houses in a neighborhood are shown below: House Price A $120,000 B $130,000 C $140,000 D $150,000 E $1,110,000 Based on the data, should the mean or the median be used to make an inference about the price of the houses in the neighborhood? A) Median, because there is an outlier that affects the mean B) Mean, because there are no outliers that affect the mean C) Median, because it is in the center of the data D) Mean, because it is in the center of the data

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Walker Collins

20 May, 23:07

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Champ · Answer 1

In my opinion I would use the mean. But the options that are given I would choose answer A. But I'm not 100% sure.

Tomcat · Answer 2

Mean, because there is no outliner that affects the mean.