Which of the following measures of central tendency is potentially misleading if the data are collected on an ordinal scale?
A) mean
B) median
C) mode
D) none of the above

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The mean is sensitive to outliers and can be influenced by extreme values, which could skew the result. As ordinal data do not have equal intervals between each value, it would not be appropriate to use the mean in such cases. The median or mode would be better choices for ordinal data.

Which of the Following Measures of Central Tendency Is Potentially