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If there is an outlier should we report mean or median?

If there is an outlier should we report mean or median?
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If there is an outlier should we report mean or median?

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you should use the median to describe the center of the data, and you should use the mean if your aim is to model such a common center for which your expectations about the errors are in accordance to the two above given assumptions.
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User Kumiko
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Honestly id say median but sorry if im wrong❤️
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