Question

out of 5 brands of chocolates in a shop, a boy has to purchase the brand which is most liked by children. What measure of central tendency would be most appropriate, if the data is provided to him?
1) Mean 2) Mode 3) Median 4)all the three measures of central tendency

Answer 1

The answer is 2) Mode.

For a given data set:



Mean is defined as the sum of all the elements in the data set divided by the total number of elements.

Mode is defined as the element or elements that occur(s) most frequently in the data set.

Median is defined as the middlemost element in the data set when the elements are arranged in either ascending order or descending order. If there is more than one middle value, the average of all the middle values is considered to be the median.

From the above definitions, it is clear that if the data is provided to the boy, the mode measure of central tendency would be most appropriate to determine and purchase the most preferred brand by children.

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer of this question is mode