Identify what is the best measure of variability to use

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Give a brief description of a real-world example in which one measure of central tendency provides useful information while another measure of central tendency provides meaningless (or even misleading) information. Also explain which of the three measures of central tendency would be appropriate for your example, which would be inappropriate, and why. Then identify what you think is the best measure of variability to use for your example and explain why you believe it to be better than the others.

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