3.31 Comparison of Averages

Property	AM	GM	HM	Median	Mode
Formula	Easy to understand	Easy	Easy	Easy	Easy
Considers values	All	All	All	Middle term(s)	Highest frequency
Computaion	Easy	Easy	Easy	Easy	Easy
Effect of Outliers	Highly affected	Less affected than AM	Less affected than GM	Unaffected	Can be highly affected
Effect of Sampling Flcutuation	Less affected	Less affected	Less affected	Can be highly affected	Can be highly affected
Suitability for further analysis	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible