The mean, as a measure of central tendency, would be inappropriate for which one of the following?
A) Ages of adults at a senior citizen center
B) Incomes of lawyers
C) Number of pages in textbooks on statistics
D) Marital status of college students at a particular university
E) Number of family pets

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The mean is not appropriate for marital status because marital status is a categorical variable, and the mean is a measure used for quantitative data.

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