A Common Way to Handle Missing Data When There Are

question 40

Multiple Choice

A common way to handle missing data when there are only a few missing values and the pattern seems more or less random is to:

• A)substitute the mode of everyone else's score on that variable for each missing value
• B)substitute the mean of everyone else's score on that variable for each missing value
• C)delete the individual from the database
• D)delete that particular variable from the database

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