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What are some situations in which you could be mislead byconsidering only an indicator of the average--whether it was themean or the median--and failed to take into account the variablity(Standard Deviation). Are there any claims you see in the mediathat are questionable based on the N included in the data?

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If we rely solely on the measures of central tendency without considering the dispersion of the data we are likely to make incorrect assumptions about the data Dispersion measures speak of the    See Answer
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