A psychologist has collected some data on the number of friends that college students report they have.The data set follows: 6,4,3,2,7,3,8,5.If the psychologist reports 3 as a measure of central tendency,which measure was used?

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The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set. In this case, the number 3 appears twice, more frequently than any other number, making it the mode.

A Psychologist Has Collected Some Data on the Number of Friends