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Which of the following statistical measures is least appropriate for describing the data set shown below?

1, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 30

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The range, which it the number you get from subtracting the smallest number from the biggest, would be the least appropriate number because the largest number in this set of numbers is an outlier. An outlier is an abnormality in a set of statistical data.

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