Students were asked to fill out a survey indicating their opinion about their safety on campus. The variable safety on campus was coded as 1 = very safe, 2 = safe, 3 = unsafe, 4 = very unsafe. Which measure of central tendency would be best used for this type of variable?

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Median is the best measure of central tendency for ordinal data, such as the safety on campus variable in this question. Median is the middle value when the data is arranged in order from smallest to largest. It is not affected by outliers, which can skew the mean.

Students Were Asked to Fill Out a Survey Indicating Their