Typical transportation method used to get to work (car, bus, bicycle or walking)

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Question

Typical transportation method used to get to work (car, bus, bicycle or walking) was recorded for 12 employees of the health department.

Results from the 12 employees were as follows: car, car, car, car, car, bus, bus, bus, bicycle, bicycle, bicycle, walking.

Which of the measures of central tendency would be appropriate to calculate given the type of data/level of measurement of this variable?

Only the mode

Only the median

Only the mean

The mode and the median

The mode and the mean

The mode, median and mean

The given data set is a nominal scale variable because we can only count and determine frequencies. Hence,

Only the mode would be meaningful.

Option A is correct.

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