A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable sex.Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on sex.The computer printout contained the following information: mean=1.38,standard deviation=.43,median=1.4,and mode=1.0.You advise your friend that the best measure(s)of central tendency to report is(are)the
A)mean
B)standard deviation
C)median
D)mode
E)the mean,the median,and the mode are equally appropriate

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The Answer of A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable sex.Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on sex.The computer printout contained the following information: mean=1.38,standard deviation=.43,median=1.4,and mode=1.0.You advise your friend that the best measure(s)of central tendency to report is(are)the
A)mean
B)standard deviation
C)median
D)mode
E)the mean,the median,and the mode are equally appropriate

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