1. Suppose you collect a sample of 1000 people. for each person in your sample,

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1. Suppose you collect a sample of 1000 people. for each person in your sample, you have measured a value for each of the variables listed in the first column of the following table. For each variable, select which of the measures of central tendency are appropriate to use to describe your sample's values for that variable. Check all that apply.

1. Rating from 1 to 10 indicating how religious they consider themselves

a. mode b. median c. mean

2. Gender

a. mode b. median c. mean

3. Level of schooling completed (not a high school graudate/ high school graduate/ college graduate/ postagraduate degree)

a. mode b. median c. mean

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

Ordinal data has a median and mode only.

Nominal data has only a mode.

1)Ratings form 1 to 10 is ordinal data(intrinsic ordering)

So,it can have median and mode.

2)Gender is nominal data.(no intrinsic ordering)

So,it can have mode only.

3)Level of schooling completed is ordinal data.

So,it can have median and mode.

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