Question

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House 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Size 1025 1288 2344 988 12,985 1500 1077 2455

The table shows the sizes, in square feet, of a sample of eight houses from a neighborhood. Suppose that, after you have calculated the measures of central tendency, you are told that there was an error and house 5 is really 17,985 square feet. Which of these statistics will change LEAST?
A) maximum
B) mean
C) median
D) range

Answer 1

First let's find the maximum, mean, median, and range Before and after the error and then the amount of  change

Maximum
Before: 12,985
After: 17,985
Change: +5000

Mean
Before: 2957.75
After: 3582.75
Change: +625

Median
Before: 1394
After: 1394
Change: 0

Range
Before: 12985
After: 17985
Change: +5000

C. Median is your answer as it didn't change at all

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is C

Step-by-step explanation:

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