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A major disadvantage of the arithmetic means is that it is

A major disadvantage of the arithmetic means is that it is
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  • A Not useful for large data
  • B Not suitable for further statistical analysis
  • C Cumbersome to determine the actual value
  • D Affected by extreme data
Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation:
One of the disadvantage of the arithmetic mean is that it is not the best measure to use with data sets containing a few extreme values or with more dispersed (volatile) data sets in general.

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