The Best Way to Handle Missing Data Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

The best way to handle missing data is:

• A)to assign a coded value to it.
• B)to substitute the missing values with the median of the variable.
• C)to leave the data space blank for missing data.
• D)to substitute the missing values with the mean of the variable.
• E)to check on how your data analysis software will handle missing data and then determine a course of action.

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Definitions:

Isotope

Forms of a specific chemical element distinguished by having identical proton counts yet varying quantities of neutrons within their cores.

Neutrons

Subatomic particles found in the nucleus of an atom with no electric charge.

Protons

Subatomic particles found in the nucleus of an atom, carrying a positive electrical charge.

Isotope

Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number, but have the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei.