Extreme values in the data affect ………… 

A) Arithmetic mean 

B) Median 

C) Mode 

D) Range

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Correct option is: D) Range

Arithmetic mean, median & mode are measures of the central tendency.

So, extreme values does not much affects on these measures.

But Range = Highest observation - Lowest observation.

Hence, range depends on the extreme values.

Thus, the extreme values in the data affects range the most.

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Correct option is: D) Range

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