Why do we use the sample mean as the measure of location


Describe the scales of measurement of data that should be summarized by a measure of location such as a sample mean and a sample median? When is the sample median a better measure of location than the sample mean? Why do we use the sample mean as the measure of location most of the time in practice and in statistical inference?

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