What Measure of Central Location Is Best Used with a Categorical

question 135

Multiple Choice

What measure of central location is best used with a categorical variable?

• A)The mean, median or the mode if the distribution is symmetric.
• B)The median if the distribution is skewed.
• C)The range.
• D)The mode.

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