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12. Selecting a measure of central tendency Suppose you collect a sample of 1,000 people. For each person in your sample, you have measured a value for each of the variables listed in the first column of the following table. For each variable, select which of the measures of central tendency are appropriate to use to describe your samples values for that variable. Check all that apply. Appropriate Descriptive Statistic Mode Median Mean Variable Description Titles of TV shows watched within the last three days Height in inches Yearly income (less than $30,000, $30,000 to $50,000, $50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, or more than $100,000)

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tile of TV shows : Mode (since data is nominal)

Height in inches :    mean , median and mode (since data is quantitative)

yearly income : median and mode (since categorical and ordinal)

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