189. A critical situational public health survey reports that “the average income in this region is $X.” However, the income distribution is highly skewed. What is the urgency for a biostatistician to advise using a different measure of central tendency?
A.
To accept the mean as the best measure.
B.
To urgently recommend using the median as a more robust measure of central tendency for skewed data to avoid misrepresenting the typical income.
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C.
To ignore the skewness.
D.
To only use the mode.
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To accept the mean as the best measure.
To urgently recommend using the median as a more robust measure of central tendency for skewed data to avoid misrepresenting the typical income.
