Consider this dataset showing the retirement age of 11 people, in whole years:

Consider this dataset showing the retirement age of 11 people, in whole years:

54, 54, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 58, 60, 60

This tables show a simple frequency distribution of the retirement age data.

A . 56
B . 55
C . 57
D . 54

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Answer: D

Explanation:

A measure of central tendency (also referred to as measures of centre or central location) is 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.

There are three main measures of central tendency: the mode, the median and the mean. Each of these measures describes a different indication of the typical or central value in the distribution.

What is the mode?

The mode is the most commonly occurring value in a distribution.

The most commonly occurring value is 54, therefore the mode of this distribution is 54 years.