Question: Alejandra collects data from 100 students on whether they identify as Asian, African American, Latino, European American, or Other. The numeric codes for each ethnicityare

Alejandra collects data from 100 students on whether they identify as Asian, African American, Latino, European American, or Other. The numeric codes for each ethnicityare included below:

Asian = 1

African American = 2

Latino = 3

European American = 4

Other = 5

Alejandra finds that the mean of ethnicity is 3.3. Alejandra concludes that the majority ofher sample are Latino. Is Alejandra's finding correct?

A)Yes, the mean is calculated by adding up each observation and dividing the sum by thenumber of participants.

B)Yes, 3.3 is closest to "3" which is the numeric code for Latino

C)No, 3.3 is closest to 3, but Alejandra did not account for those that identify as Hispanicrather than Latino.

D)No, 3.3 is the mean of a categorical variable and does not mean anything, because themean cannot be calculated with these data.

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