Card 6 / 11: Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning measures of central tendency and variability?
A)
Medians are not robust to outliers, while means are robust to outliers.
B)
Means and medians can never be negative.
C)
It is common to see the variance of a continuous variable displayed in journal articles along with means, since the variance is a measure of dispersion in the original units measured.
D)
The median of the following data: 3, 5, 10, 11; is 7.5.
E)
The interquartile range is the difference between the 50th and 25th percentiles.
Answer:
D) The median of the following data: 3, 5, 10, 11; is 7.5.
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Epidemiology Biostatistics Descriptive Statistics
Author:
Dr.Janet ForresterProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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