A researcher collects demographic data on the marital status of the study subjects. The variable is measured as married/divorced/separated/widowed/ never married/cohabitating. What would be the most appropriate measure of central tendency



Mode

Explanation:

Variable

This is simply known as the characteristic, behavior or condition that do take place in different rates, amounts or kinds.

Data

This is simply known as a kind of measurements in research that are commonly know as scores, and can be ranks, categories, or of different types

Discrete form of data

This is simply said to be as data that is the only whole values or categories of an item and also with no fractional amounts existing among or between them. it can also be called Qualitative, categorical, classification, count the Example includes; Marital status ixh as (Single, Engaged, Married, Separated, Divorced, Widowed).

Mode

This is commonly known as the most repetitive or frequently appearing score in the distribution.

The Properties of the Mode

a. Mode is the known measure of central tendency that can be used with nominal data.

b. Mode is not sensitive to outliers.

c. Mode is the least reliable measure of central tendency.

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answer; (b) knowledge based summaries of our beliefs and feeling about the self in particular domains;