One Item on a Questionnaire Asks Students How Many Times $\begin{array}{cc}X & f \\\hline 5 \text { or more } & 2 \\4 & 3 \\3 & 2 \\2 & 1 \\1 & 1 \\0 & 1\end{array}$

question 15

Multiple Choice

One item on a questionnaire asks students how many times in a typical week they eat at a fast-food restaurant.The responses for a sample of n = 10 students are summarized in the frequency distribution.What is the best measure of central tendency for these data? $\begin{array}{cc}X & f \\\hline 5 \text { or more } & 2 \\4 & 3 \\3 & 2 \\2 & 1 \\1 & 1 \\0 & 1\end{array}$

• A) the mean
• B) the median
• C) the mode
• D) Central tendency cannot be determined for these data

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