Dr.Anderson has collected information on whether respondents voted in the 2016 presidential election.There are two answer choices (yes or no).Can she report a mean for this variable?
A)No,she should only report the median.
B)No,she should only report the mode.
C)No,she should only report the standard deviation.
D)Yes,she can report the proportion who voted and the proportion who did not vote.

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Since the variable is categorical with two answer choices, the mean is not appropriate. However, Dr. Anderson can report the proportion of respondents who voted and the proportion who did not vote, which are informative measures for this type of variable.

DrAnderson Has Collected Information on Whether Respondents Voted in the 2016