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The chess club at a school has 15 members. The number of games won in tournament play this season by each member is listed. What measure of center is most appropriate to use to describe a typical value for the data in this distribution? Explain your reasoning.

PLEASE HELP !? The chess club at a school has 15 members. The number of games won-example-1
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Median

Explanation:

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The measure of center that is most appropriate to use to describe a typical value for the data in this distribution is the median

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

6 6 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 18 18 30

In this dataset, where there is an outlier (30), the mean (average) may not be the most appropriate measure of center because it is sensitive to extreme values.

The presence of an outlier can significantly skew the mean.

A more appropriate measure of center, in this case, would be the median.

This is because the median is less affected by extreme values and provides a better representation of the typical value in a dataset, especially when the data is skewed.

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