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

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The median is the most appropriate measure of central tendency to use with ordinal data because it shows the middle value of the dataset, which is not affected by outliers or extreme values. The mean is not appropriate because the data is only on an ordinal scale, and the mode is not very useful because there may not be a single value that appears more than any other. Meridian is not a measure of central tendency.

Which of the Following Would Be an Appropriate Measure of Central