Which of the following descriptive statistics is (are)appropriate for ordinal level measures?
A)percentages
B)averages
C)standard deviation
D)all three are appropriate ways to examine ordinal level measures

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Percentages are the most appropriate descriptive statistic for ordinal level measures, as they allow us to understand the distribution of responses and the relative frequency of different rankings. Averages and standard deviation are not appropriate for ordinal-level measures because they treat the data as interval or ratio level, and they assume equal distance between categories, which may not be true for ordinal data.

Which of the Following Descriptive Statistics Is (Are)appropriate for Ordinal