Which of the following Measure of Averages is not based on all the values given in the data set?
Correct answer: E. Both C. and D.
- A. Arithmetic Mean
- B. Geometric Mean
- C. Median
- D. Mode
- E. Both C. and D.
Explanation
The median depends mainly on the middle position after ordering, and the mode depends on the most frequent value, so neither necessarily uses every observation. Therefore both C and D are correct.
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