Question

question 9 (1 point)
which measure of the \center\ for data can be used on categorical data?
mean
median
mode
all 3. mean, median, and mode
none of them.

Explanation:

• Mean: Requires numerical data for calculation (sum of values divided by count). Categorical data has no numerical values for this operation.
• Median: Involves ordering data (numerical) to find the middle - value. Categorical data (like colors: red, blue, green) has no natural order for this.
• Mode: Is the most frequently occurring value. For categorical data (e.g., in a data set of car colors: red, red, blue, green), we can count frequencies and find the most common (red in this case).

Answer:

Mode