At the end of your survey,you ask a classification question regarding respondent gender.The response options are "male (coded 1)" and "female (coded 2)." Which of the following descriptive statistics is (are)appropriate for this question?
A)percentages
B)averages
C)standard deviation
D)all three are appropriate ways to examine responses to this question

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Percentages would be appropriate for examining responses to this question as it is a categorical variable with two response options. Averages and standard deviation are not appropriate for categorical variables.

At the End of Your Survey,you Ask a Classification Question