Which of the Following Is True of the Median

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is True of the median?

• A) It cannot be determined for data that are skewed to either the right or left.
• B) It is the distance between the smallest and largest values in a set of responses.
• C) It is the value that appears in a distribution most often.
• D) If the number of data observations is even, the median is generally considered to be the average of the first and last values.
• E) It is especially useful as a measure of central tendency for ordinal data.

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