A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable gender.Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on gender.The computer printout contained the following information: mean = 1.38,standard deviation = .432,median = 1.4 and mode = 1.0.You advise your friend that the best measure of central tendency to report is the:
A) mean
B) standard deviation
C) median
D) mode

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mode is the best measure of central tendency to report in this case because gender is a nominal variable, and the mode represents the most frequently occurring category, which in this case is "male" (coded as 1). Mean, median, and standard deviation are not appropriate measures for nominal data.

A Friend of Yours Assigned a Code of 1 to "Male