Mean cannot be an appropriate measure of central tendency. Is it true or false?

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Given that the mean cannot be an appropriate measure of central tendency.
When a set of data contains a few observations that are all drastically out of concordance with one another (in terms of value). Since the median provides a more accurate representation of an average than the mean does, it is preferable to compute the median rather than the mean.
Think about the example below:
The following information provides details on the heights of a family.

154.9 cm, 162.8 cm, 170.6 cm, 158.8 cm, 163.3 cm, 166.8 cm, 160.2 cm

It is clear that in this situation, certain observations differ significantly from other observations. In this instance, the median will be employed as a good indicator of central tendency.
Therefore the given statement is false and the correct statement is,

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