Which one of the following would be an appropriate measure of central tendency to summarize ordinal data?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Correlation
D) Mode

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Ordinal data can be ordered or ranked, but the intervals between values cannot be determined. In this case, the median, which is the value that lies at the midpoint of the ranked data, would be the appropriate measure of central tendency. The mean should not be used because it assumes equal intervals between values, which is not the case for ordinal data. The correlation measures the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables, and the mode is the value that occurs most frequently, but neither of these measures is appropriate for summarizing ordinal data.

Which One of the Following Would Be an Appropriate Measure