Multiple choice six-sigma green-belt

Measure of Central Tendency for long tailed graph is

  1. Mean

  2. Median

  3. Mode

  4. Quartile
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Median is the best measure of central tendency for skewed or long-tailed distributions because it is not affected by extreme values. The mean would be pulled toward the tail, mode may not represent the center, and quartile measures spread rather than central tendency.

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