Monthly salaries in an office are 30k, 32k, 35k, 33k and 900k. Which measure best represents a typical salary?

  1. Range
  2. Maximum
  3. Mean
  4. Median
Answer

D) Median

The outlier (900k) pulls the mean up; the median (33k) is not affected by extreme values. SLO CS-11-D-02 · Understanding

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