2020 · Q93
Which one of the following measures of central tendency will be used to determine the average size of the shoe sold in the shop?
Elementary MathematicsStatistics
- AArithmetic mean
- BGeometric mean
- CMedian
- DMode
Explanation
The most frequently sold (most demanded) shoe size is the mode. Hence option (D). The mean or median shoe size need not correspond to any size actually stocked, but the mode always does.