Answer to Question #257380 in Statistics and Probability for Nikhil

Question

The best measure of tendency for the data 2,4,6,810,98,100 is its mean

Answer 1

Median is the preferred measure of central tendency when: there are a few extreme scores in the distribution of the data. (NOTE: Remember that a single outlier can have a great effect on the mean).

$$median=\dfrac{6+810}{2}=408$$