Extra Credit [2 points) A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chic

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Extra Credit [2 points) A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chickens in poultry farms in the United States. A small family owned farm reported the following weights (bs) of their 30 chickens 3.93 3.99 3.96 3.78 3.96 3.94 3.88 3.96 4.02 3.93 4.03 4.06 3.84 4.10 3.94 3.75 4.02 4.09 3.98 4.06 4.17 3.84 3.92 4.12 3.75 3.99 4.01 4.20 3.72 3.88 The weights have been displayed in the following graphical forms. Based off of the displays, what would be the most appropriate Measure of Center and why? Histogram of Chicken Weight Boxplot of Chicken Weight 42 18 17 14 14 ie 42 13

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The most appropriate measure of center for the given data would be Median because the data have one outlier. When the data have outlying values then mean is not the appropriate measure of center as it is affected by the extreme values.

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