HSCI 390L - Bio Statistics Lab » Spring 2020 » Lab Homework 3

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Question #1
You are a researcher working with hospitalization data which includes the 3 variables of age (e.g., 32, 24, 42), country of origin (e.g., United States, Peru, Italy) and socioeconomic status (measured as low, medium and high). Which measures of central tendency would be appropriate to calculate for the variable of age? 
A.   the mode and mean
B.   only the mode
C.   only the median
D.   the mode, median, and mean
E.   only the mean
F.   the mode and median
Question #2
You are a researcher working with hospitalization data which includes the 3 variables of age (e.g., 32, 24, 42), country of origin (e.g., United States, Peru, Italy) and socioeconomic status (measured as low, medium and high). Which measures of central tendency would be appropriate to calculate for the variable of country of origin? 
A.   the mode and median
B.   mode, median, and mean
C.   only the median
D.   only the mode
Question #3
You are a researcher working with hospitalization data which includes the 3 variables of age (e.g., 32, 24, 42), country of origin (e.g., United States, Peru, Italy) and socioeconomic status (measured as low, medium and high). Which measures of central tendency would be appropriate to calculate for the variable of socioeconomic status? 
A.   the mode and mean
B.   only the mode
C.   the mode and median
D.   the mode, median, and mean

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