The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the total number of bushels harvested of corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and oats. This is a frequency distribution of a _______ variable; the proper measure of central tendency is a _______.
A) nominal mode
B) ordinal mode
C) nominal median
D) ordinal median.

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The data represents a frequency distribution of a nominal (categorical) variable, where the categories are types of crops. The mode is the proper measure of central tendency for nominal data, as it identifies the most frequently occurring category.

The US Department of Agriculture Reported the Total Number of Bushels