Darnell Would Like to Calculate a Measure of Central Tendency

question 85

Multiple Choice

Darnell would like to calculate a measure of central tendency for his rank-ordered data. Darnell should use the

• A) mean.
• B) median.
• C) mode.
• D) Central tendency cannot be calculated for this data.

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Definitions:

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