Joanna wishes to describe the middle point in a distribution. Which statistic should she calculate?
A) mode
B) standard deviation
C) median
D) mean

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The median is the middle point in a statistical distribution. It is calculated by arranging the data in order and finding the middle value. The mode is the most common value in the distribution, the standard deviation measures the amount of variability in the data, and the mean is the average value of the data. None of these measures specifically describe the middle point in a distribution like the median does.

Joanna Wishes to Describe the Middle Point in a Distribution