A researcher records the hospital admission rates for coronary heart disease at 10 local hospitals.She finds that 2 different hospitals had the highest overall rates of hospital admissions.Which measure of central tendency did this researcher use to describe these data?
A)mean
B)median
C)mode
D)range

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The mode is the measure of central tendency that identifies the most frequently occurring value(s) in a data set. Since two hospitals had the highest rates, the researcher used the mode to describe the data.

A Researcher Records the Hospital Admission Rates for Coronary Heart