What Type of Descriptive Statistics Is Most Appropriate for an Ordinal

question 14

Multiple Choice

What type of descriptive statistics is most appropriate for an ordinal variable with five or more categories?

• A) A frequency distribution
• B) Summary statistics
• C) The mode
• D) Data analysis

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Definitions:

Variability

The measure of how data points in a data set differ from the mean of the data set.

Sample Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values in a sample.

Delivery Time

The amount of time it takes for goods to be delivered to a customer from the moment of order or dispatch.

Required Condition

A required condition refers to a necessary criterion or prerequisite that must be met for a certain process, analysis, or action to be valid or to occur.