A researcher collects demographic data on the marital status of the study subjects. The variable is measured as married 9 years. The researcher reports that the most frequent response from subjects is married

Question

A researcher collects demographic data on the marital status of the study subjects. The variable is measured as married <2 years, married 2-9 years, married >9 years. The researcher reports that the most frequent response from subjects is married <2 years. What other measure of central tendency would be appropriate to report from this type of variable?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Any of these measures of central tendency would be appropriate.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The median is appropriate for ordinal data, which is the type of data described here.

A Researcher Collects Demographic Data on the Marital Status of the Study