If the Purpose of a Statistic Is to Report the Middle

question 55

Multiple Choice

If the purpose of a statistic is to report the middle position in one or more distributions,which of the following is the appropriate statistic?

• A)mean
• B)median
• C)\(\chi\)²
• D)Pearson's r

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