Which one of the following statement about the mean is FALSE?
A) The mean and the arithmetic average are the same.
B) The mean, the median, and the mode are the same.
C) The mean is a common measure of central tendency.
D) The mean describes a middle point in a set of scores.

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The statement "the mean, the median, and the mode are the same" is false. The mean is calculated by adding up all values in a set and dividing by the number of values, while the median is the middle value when the data is arranged in order and the mode is the most frequently occurring value in the data set. These three measures of central tendency may differ for certain distributions.

Which One of the Following Statement About the Mean Is