The Three Commonly Used Measures of Central Tendency (Mode, Median

question 26

Multiple Choice

The three commonly used measures of central tendency (mode, median, and mean) ________.

• A) will always have the same value.
• B) will always fall in the same order: the mean will have the highest value, followed by the median and the mode.
• C) define "typical" or "average" in different ways and will usually have different values.
• D) will always fall in the same order: the mean will have the lowest value, the median will always be in the middle and the mode will have the highest value.

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