For many kinds of studies, _____ might help in describing distributions of quantitative data.
a.regression analyses
b.ranges
c.correlation analyses
d.measures of central tendency
Answer
d.measures of central tendency
The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean, the median and the mode.
Explanation
Quantitative data can be defined as a numerical measurement expressed not by means of a natural language description, but rather in terms of numbers and it is clear that measure of central tendency provides a summary measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of its distribution. This is why it is noted that many tend to use central tendency to denote the tendency of quantitative data to cluster around some central value.