A Friend of Yours Assigned a Code of 1 to "Male

question 72

Multiple Choice

A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable sex.Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on sex.The computer printout contained the following information: mean=1.38,standard deviation=.43,median=1.4,and mode=1.0.You advise your friend that the best measure(s) of central tendency to report is(are) the

• A)mean.
• B)standard deviation.
• C)median.
• D)mode.
• E)mean, median, or mode - all are equally appropriate.

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