George collected achievement score data for each child from a middle school. He has their gender, age, teacher and score on the achievement measure as his data fields.
-George needs to calculate the central tendency of his variable achievement score. Which measure should he use?
A) median
B) mode
C) range
D) mean

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mean is the best choice for central tendency when dealing with numerical data, as it takes into account all data points and provides a more accurate representation of the average. The median and mode can be affected by outliers and skewness of the data, and the range only provides information about the variability of the data, not its central tendency.

George Collected Achievement Score Data for Each Child from a Middle