Question

House 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Size 1025 1288 2344 988 12,985 1500 1077 2455

The table shows the sizes, in square feet, of a sample of eight houses from a neighborhood. House 5 is a renovated warehouse. Which measure of central tendency BEST represents the house sizes?

Answer 1

Median

Explanation:

Since the data has an outlier (12,985), mean is not the best average.

This data set does not have a modal value

Therefore the best option is Median