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 tendency 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
E) Median only

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Since there are only four choices available, mode (the most commonly chosen rank) would be a relevant measure of central tendency. Additionally, median (the middle rank when the choices are ordered) would also be appropriate. Mean would not be relevant in this case since there is no numerical value associated with the rank choices.

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