points] A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chickens in poultry

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points] A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chickens in poultry farms in the United States. A small family owned farm reported the following weights (Ibs) of their 30 chickens 3.93 3.99 3.96 3.78 3.96 3.94 3.88 3.96 4.02 3.93 4.03 4.06 3.84 4.10 3.94 3.75 4.02 4.09 3.98 4.06 4.17 3.84 3.92 4.12 3.75 3.99 4.01 4.20 3.72 3.88 The weights have been displayed in the following graphical forms. Based off of the displays, what would be the most appropriate Measure of Center and why? Histogram of Chicken Weight Baxplot of Chicken Weight 35 34 34 Weight (ibs)

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The most appropriate measure of the center in this case is median. Because the data is highely left skewed, therefore mean will not provide appropriate measure of the distribution, whereas median is not affected by skewness.

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