A Researcher Wants to Express the Middle of a Distribution

question 46

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to express the middle of a distribution of numbers whereby half the cases are higher and half the cases are lower than the middle value.What statistical measure should the researcher use?

• A)Mean
• B)Median
• C)Mode
• D)Standard deviation
• E)Correlation

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