Which of the following measures of central tendency is based on all observations and is most affected by extreme values? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Which of the following measures of central tendency is based on all observations and is most affected by extreme values?

A. Mode

B. Harmonic mean

C. Arithmetic mean

D. Median

Answer: Option C

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Arithmetic mean uses every value and is pulled towards outliers.

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