A Researcher Records the Time (In Seconds)that Participants Arrive Late

question 40

Multiple Choice

A researcher records the time (in seconds) that participants arrive late for a scheduled research study.Assuming these data are normally distributed,which measure of central tendency is most appropriate to describe these data?

• A)mean
• B)median
• C)mode
• D)range

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