A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable gender. Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on gender. The computer printout contained the following information: mean = 1.38, standard deviation = .432, median = 1.4, and mode = 1.0. You advise your friend that the best measure of central tendency for report is the:
A) mean
B) standard deviation
C) median
D) mode

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Given the nature of the data (categorical, coded as 1 for "male" and 2 for "female"), the mode is the most appropriate measure of central tendency. It indicates the most frequent category, which in this case is "male". Mean, median, and standard deviation are more suitable for continuous data.

A Friend of Yours Assigned a Code of 1 to "Male