You are given a dataset where the salaries of a company are reported. The CEO's salary is significantly higher than the rest of the employees. Which measure of central tendency would give a more representative measure of the typical salary?
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- None would be representative
The "Median" would be a more representative measure of the typical salary. Because the CEO's salary is an outlier and would significantly skew the mean, the median provides a more accurate central measure by considering the middle value in the sorted data.
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