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Given the following frequency table of values, is the mean, median, or mode likely to be the best measure of the center for the data set?ValueFrequency271280290300310320330340350360370380391402411425432442453Select the correct answer below:ModeMeanMedian

Given the following frequency table of values, is the mean, median, or mode likely-example-1

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The mean (average) of a data set is found by adding all numbers in the data set and then dividing by the number of values in the set. The median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest. The mode is the number that occurs most often in a data set.

On the given dataset, if we ignore the outlier of the dataset, all those measures are going to be similar, but since we have a high frequency on the middle of our dataset and the presence of an outlier value, the most likely to describe the center of the dataset is the mode.

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