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Given the box plot will the mean or median provide a better description of the center

Given the box plot will the mean or median provide a better description of the center-example-1
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Answer:

The median, because the data distribution is skewed to the right

Explanation:

We can observe from the box plot that there are more values on the right end than on the left end. This indicates that the data is biased to the right. On both sides of the median, a symmetrical box plot has the same number of values. When dealing with skewed graphs, the median is always the better option between mean and median. This is because the mean will always be closer to that side due to the greater amount of data values on one side. In this scenario, the median is unaffected.

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