a$.$ Why researchers are interested in describing measures of the center and measures of variation of a data set? Discuss

b$.$ The average of data set is influenced by extreme values while the median is not. In other words, the median is not resistant to outliers but the average is$.$ True or False. Discuss and offer examples.

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