B. A sample data has a distribution that has a single mode and is strongly positively skewed. An analyst computes three measures of location for this data; the mean, the median and mode. (i) State the largest of these three location measures. (ii) Suggest, with a reason, which would be the best measure of location.

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B. A sample data has a distribution that has a single mode and is strongly positively
skewed. An analyst computes three measures of location for this data; the mean,
the median and mode.
(i) State the largest of these three location measures.
(ii) Suggest, with a reason, which would be the best measure of location.
Transcribed Image Text:B. A sample data has a distribution that has a single mode and is strongly positively skewed. An analyst computes three measures of location for this data; the mean, the median and mode. (i) State the largest of these three location measures. (ii) Suggest, with a reason, which would be the best measure of location.
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