On a survey questionnaire,students were asked to indicate their class rank in college.If there were only four choices from which to choose,which measure(s)of central location would be appropriate to use for the data generated by that questionnaire item?
A)Mean and median
B)Mean and mode
C)Mode and median
D)Mode only

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With only four choices available, the data would not be very spread out, which would make the mean less useful as an indicator of central location. Additionally, since class rank is likely to be discrete and categorical rather than continuous, the mode would be a useful measure of central location to identify the most common response. The median would also be a useful measure to identify the middle response in the data. Therefore, the appropriate measures of central location for this data would be the mode and median.

On a Survey Questionnaire,students Were Asked to Indicate Their Class