social stat Book: social statistics for a diverse society. 8yj edition. I am loo

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social stat Book: social statistics for a diverse society. 8yj edition.
I am looking at chapter 3 question 6. From my understanding this is a ordinal categorical variable where the distance cannot be determined. The most appropriate central tendency for this data is median?
I'm confused to know what does not make this data nominal?
There are two separate category male and free mean and the variable being messages are centered around labor force participation
which statistic provides a better description of the data-the median or mode opiica 6. Use this GSS 2014 data to determine whether labor force participation varies by sex t labor categories are shown; some categories are collapsed. Calculate the appro sures of central tendency for males and females. Describe their labor force pa Are they similar or different? Use your calculations to support your answer. participation e Male Female Working full time Working part time School Keeping house Not working (laid off, temporary) 12 2 107 Total 413 IAL STATISTICS FOR A DIVERSE SOCIETY

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here mode ( nominal variable) will be appropriate measure of central tendencey

mode for male is working with full time ( as this has highest frequency 303)

mode for femal is working with full time  ( as this has highest frequency 263)

the labor force participation rate for male and femal are given, they are different .

Male participation (male) rate Female participation (female) rate Working full time 303 73.37 263 52.29 Working part time 55 13.32 86 17.10 School 12 2.91 21 4.17 Keeping house 8 1.94 107 21.27 Not working 35 8.47 26 5.17 Total 413 100 503 100

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