Mathematics, 12.03.2020 01:38 ijohnh14

In a survey, the favorite foods of respondents are identified as 1 for italian food comma 2 for mexican food comma 3 for chinese food comma and 4 for anything else. The average (mean) is calculated for 698 respondents and the result is 1.5 .

What is wrong with the given calculation?

A.

The true average? (mean) is

B.

Such data are not counts or measures of? anything, so the average? (mean) needs to be computed in a different way.

C.

Such data are not counts or measures of? anything, so it makes no sense to compute their average? (mean).

D.

There is nothing wrong with the given calculation.

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