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1. A researcher finds that the mean of her distribution of measures is 120 and the median is 130. What can you say about the shape of the distribution? Which measure of central tendency changed most? Explain.

2. A researcher finds that his data form a skewed distribution. He is interested in the bulk of the scores and does not want the few very deviant scores to alter extensively his measure of central tendency. Which measure should he use?

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