For each of the following variables in a study, list the one best measure of central tendency you can use to describe the data, and a graph to depict the distribution of values (pick any one if more than one can be used)?
a) SAT scores
b) race/ethnicity
c) number of hours studied in the past week
d) birth order
e) type of car owned

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Statistic~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Graph/Chart\\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline ext { a) SAT scores } & ext { mean } & \begin{array}{l} ext { Histogram or } \ ext { frequency graph }\end{array} \\hline ext { b) race/ethnicity } & ext { mode } & ext { Bar or pie chart } \\hline ext { c) number of hours studied in the past week } & ext { mean } & ext { Frequency graph } \\hline ext { d) birth order } & ext { median } & ext { Bar or pie chart } \\hline ext { e) type of car owned } & ext { mode } & ext { Bar or pie chart } \\hline\end{array}

For Each of the Following Variables in a Study, List