A Survey Item Asked Students to Indicate Their Class in College

question 11

Multiple Choice

A survey item asked students to indicate their class in college: freshman,sophomore,junior,or senior. Which measure(s) of central location would be appropriate for the data generated by that questionnaire item?

• A)Mean and median
• B)Mean and mode
• C)Mode and median
• D)Mode only

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