A Researcher Collects Demographic Data on the Marital Status of the Study

question 9

Multiple Choice

A researcher collects demographic data on the marital status of the study subjects. The variable is measured as married <2 years, married 2-9 years, married >9 years. The researcher reports that the most frequent response from subjects is married <2 years. What other measure of central tendency would be appropriate to report from this type of variable?

• A) Mean
• B) Median
• C) Mode
• D) Any of these measures of central tendency would be appropriate.

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