The median is an appropriate measure of central tendency for
A) data that are positively skewed.
B) data that are negatively skewed.
C) data that are on an ordinal scale.
D) all of these.

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The median is an appropriate measure of central tendency for data that are positively skewed, negatively skewed, and on an ordinal scale. The median is also preferred over the mean when the data have outliers that can significantly affect the mean. This makes D the correct answer.

The Median Is an Appropriate Measure of Central Tendency for