A researcher is trying to find out which political party has the most registered members in Tulare County. Which procedure should she use? Group of answer choices Mean Median Mode One-way chi square
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This data is categorical, as it involves different categories (political parties) rather than numerical values. The best statistical procedure to use in this case would be the mode. The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set. In this Show more…
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