A Friend of Yours Assigned a Code of 1 to "Male

Multiple Choice

A friend of yours assigned a code of 1 to "male" and a code of 2 to "female" on the variable gender.Your friend asked the computer to compute the average score on gender.The computer printout contained the following information: mean = 1.38,standard deviation = .432,median = 1.4 and mode = 1.0.You advise your friend that the best measure of central tendency to report is the:

A) mean
B) standard deviation
C) median
D) mode