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torybrooks

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on: Aug 13, 2018
When calculating the mean the researcher should use data measured at which level?
 
  a. nominal
  b. ordinal
  c. interval
  d. discrete

Question 2

Please refer to the below scenario: A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to male and a code of 2 to female on the variable gender. Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on gender. The computer printout contained the following information: mean = 1.38, standard deviation = .432, median = 1.4 and mode = 1.0 . What is your friend's problem with the computer information?
 
  a. asking for measures of central tendency on continuous variables
  b. asking for measures of central tendency and dispersion on nominal variables
  c. asking for the mode and the standard deviation in the same report
  d. asking for measures of dispersion on continuous variables


janeli1

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Reply #1 on: Aug 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


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