A researcher asked 12 people in an apartment building what was their social class: upper-, middle-, or lower-class. What would be an appropriate measure of central tendency for this distribution?
A) range
B) mean
C) median
D) index of qualitative variation

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Median is the appropriate measure of central tendency for this distribution because it is a measure of the middle value in a distribution and is not affected by outliers.

A Researcher Asked 12 People in an Apartment Building What