Bita has asked a sample of 50 college sophomores how many close friends they have.Most of the scores range from 1 to 4,with two students reporting 0 close friends and 8 students reporting between 5 and 8 close friends.However,there is one student who reports having 27 close friends.When Bita presents her univariate results on the central tendency of this distribution,she should report the
A)mode.
B)median.
C)mean.
D)range.

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The median is the best measure of central tendency for this distribution because it is not affected by the outlier (the student with 27 close friends), unlike the mean.

Bita Has Asked a Sample of 50 College Sophomores How