JAMB Economics 2011 Objective — Question 9
Question 9 of 49 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Economics 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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A major disadvantage of the arithmetic mean is that it is
- A. A. not suitable for further statistical analysis
- B. B. cumbersome to determine the actual value
- C. C. affected by extreme dataCorrect
- D. D. not useful for large data
Explanation
The mean is usually affected by extreme values - when a value in a distribution is too high or too small, it affects the mean value and makes it a biased representative.
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